What will be box office take for Australia? - 3 day Weekend (Fri, Sat., Sun.)

The last time Baz Luhrman paired two big stars -- in a non-musical -- was in 1996's Romeo + Juliet. That film took in almost 80% of it's production cost on opening weekend alone ($11,133,231 of $14,500,000).

Australia's storied budget is reported to have been 10 times that of Romeo + Juliet: $150,000,000. Critics are mixed, the film may not have had Luhrman's full support due to studio squabbles, and the two big stars, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman have hit or miss track records. However, there is already Oscar buzz (and open markets) about the film and its two stars.

So, considering Australia cost 10 times as much how will it's opening weekend compare? -- background from nextpaige

Synopsis: A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, ‘Australia‘ centers on an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. With his new film, director-writer-producer Baz Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.