Box Office – ‘Earth Stood Still’ is Number One, But…
The hits keep on coming for Fox, and that’s a bad thing. The studio, already reeling from a year full of major disappointments like Meet Dave, The X Files: I Want to Believe, City of Ember, Australia, Babylon A.D., Deception, and Mirrors, has one more ticking time bomb on its hands: The Day the Earth Stood Still.
The science fiction remake simply didn’t make enough money in its debut to call itself a smash, and it might not recoup its $80 million budget in American ticket sales. A $31 million debut would normally be a good thing, but for a studio that is thanking its lucky stars that The Happening made a little bit of money this summer and can call What Happens in Vegas its crown jewel this year, Fox needed a lot more out of it.
The Day the Earth Stood Still was easily the top movie in theaters, but it fell well below projections for its opening weekend, and doesn’t resemble a movie that will be a strong contender for very long.
Speaking of strong contenders, Four Christmases, Bolt, and Twilight spent their third weekend bunched together, and Bolt now appears very likely to break $100 million in a couple of weeks, which was not a sure thing when the film was released.
The Top Five:
1 – The Day the Earth Stood Still ($31 million)
2 – Four Christmases ($13.3 million)
3 – Twilight ($8 million)
4 – Bolt ($7.5 million)
5 – Australia ($4.3 million)
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