More underwhelming debuts at the Weekend Box Office

It was another underwhelming and disappointing weekend at the box office as three newcomers couldn’t spice up movie grosses for a second week in a row. After the poor showings for the latest Narnia and The Tourist last week, Tron Legacy and Yogi Bear both opened to lackluster numbers and How Do You Know? out-and-out bombed. Faring best was the Tron reboot which took in $43 million, but considering the massive marketing and huge production budget, Disney had to be expecting more. I say the fact that it’s not really good is probably the main reason for these numbers. Opening in second was Yogi Bear which took in only $16.7 million. We’ll see if either film can hold up in the weeks ahead after the Christmas rush ends. One film that better pray to stay afloat is the new romantic comedy from James L. Brooks (As Good as it Gets), How Do You Know? which tanked with only $7.6 million for 8th place. Poor Reese Witherspoon may not be the romantic comedy pull many thought she was. I say the movie is probably just that bad and Reese will bounce back no problem…. It wasn’t all bad news at the box office as Oscar contenders The Fighter and Black Swan expanded into national release with very strong numbers following their Globe and SAG noms. Take a look at the new top ten below and for more numbers, head to Box Office Mojo here.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Tron Legacy BV $43,600,000 – 3,451 – $12,634 $43,600,000 $170 1
2 N Yogi Bear WB $16,705,000 – 3,515 – $4,752 $16,705,000 $80 1
3 1 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Fox $12,400,000 -48.3% 3,555 – $3,488 $42,764,000 $155 2
4 19 The Fighter Par. $12,200,000 +3,966.5% 2,503 +2,499 $4,874 $12,634,000 $25 2
5 2 The Tourist Sony $8,700,000 -47.2% 2,756 – $3,157 $30,791,000 $100 2
6 3 Tangled BV $8,676,000 -39.5% 3,201 -364 $2,710 $127,819,000 $260 4
7 6 Black Swan FoxS $8,300,000 +151.1% 959 +869 $8,655 $15,708,000 $13 3
8 N How Do You Know Sony $7,600,000 – 2,483 – $3,061 $7,600,000 $120 1
9 4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 WB $4,845,000 -42.9% 2,860 -717 $1,694 $265,546,000 – 5
10 5 Unstoppable Fox $1,800,000 -51.4% 1,874 -1,093 $961 $77,343,000 $100 6

Tags: How Do You Know?, James L. Brooks, Reese Witherspoon, Tron Legacy, Yogi Bear