From hollywoodreporter, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse couldn’t match the first six days of its predecessor, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but with $175 million in its coffers, the film still pulled off one of the biggest openings ever. (New Moon earned $178 million in its first six days.) Female audiences internationally swooned for the third installment of the popular series, which now boasts a worldwide gross of $275 million.
The Last Airbender performed incredibly well, grossing $70 million over its first five days. The PG-rated film from M. Night Shyamalan has its own rabid fan base that came out in droves despite dismal reviews. And the movie’s three-day weekend gross of $40 million marks the third highest for Shyamalan, behind Signs and The Village.
Toy Story 3, Grown Ups, and Knight and Day dominated the rest of the top five. Toy Story 3 crossed the $300 million mark as expected, with a four-day gross of $42 million. It now stands as the second highest-grossing Pixar film. (It will surpass Finding Nemo shortly.) Grown Ups took in $26 million for the four days, bringing its cume to $85 million. Knight and Day generated $14 million for its second weekend in theaters. The Tom Cruise-starrer’s total take is hovering near $50 million. Hope the holiday was a good one. Til next week…
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I really couldn't be more annoyed about Airbender.
This is exactly what I feared: M. Night Dickface glommed onto something more rich and clever than anything he could ever create, slapped his name on top of it, dragged it through the mud and now gets to ignore all the criticism that his movie sucks because fans of the cartoon all came out and paid to have their hearts broken.
Reminds me of a box office post I did just over a year ago when Transformers 2 came out:
"Box Office: Michael Bay unliklier than ever to realize he sucks"
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