Its a soft weekend which is understandable considering its the last shopping weekend before Christmas. The biggest film hits $43million, which is extra soft when that film is as anticipated as Tron Legacy.
Boxoffice Mojo has the estimates:
Tron Legacy – $43,600,000 – Opening
Yogi Bear – $16,705,000 – Opening
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – $12,400,000 – 2wks
The Fighter – $12,200,000 – 2wks
The Tourist Sony – $8,700,000 – 2wks
I figured Tron would be on top, and Yogi Bear would do well, but didn’t think it would grab the #2 spot with Narnia still making the rounds.
The big boo boo this week wasn’t a sidekick bear however, as starpower rom-com How Do You Know secured itself an embarassing $7.6m earning them a #8 spot on its opening week. Ouch.
So what did you see this weekend?
I saw How Do You Know and was very disappointed. I expected better from James L. Brooks. Plus the film cost $120 to make so it’s going to be a long time for the film to break even.
$120 million
I would just like to thank Yogi Bear for making Speed Racer look like the Citizen Kane of cartoons made into shitty live action movies.
What if you didn’t like Citizen Kane?
Then you probably liked Yogi Bear.