Friday Box Office: The Kid Stays in the Picture
Sweep the leg! For the first time this summer a movie actually exceeded expectations at the box office. The Karate Kid -- which tracking had opening in the highs 20s/low 30s range -- grossed $19 million on Friday alone and could wind up with upwards of $52 million by Sunday night. Will Smith is so famous that even his kid can front a blockbuster. The other '80s nostalgia piece of the weekend, The A-Team, detonated $9.5 million on Friday and should hit just under $27 million for the three days, good for second place. Is that disappointing? Slightly. But not really considering expectations were in that range. Let's just say the plan sorta came together and leave it at that. The top-five after the jump.
1. THE KARATE KID: $19,000,000 (new)
2. THE A-TEAM: $9,500,000 (new)
3. SHREK FOREVER AFTER: $4,500,000 ($198,700,000)
4. GET HIM TO THE GREEK: $3,200,000 ($29,600,000)
5. KILLERS: $2,600,000 ($24,800,000)
[via Deadline]
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I really expected the numbers for The Karate Kid and The A-Team to be reversed. After all, one has a budget of over $100 million, Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, and Jessica Biel, while the other has Jackie Chan, Will Smith's kid, and a $40 million dollar budget. If the Prince of Persia was disappointing after grossing $30 million despite its would-be box office status, surely The A-Team must be disappointing as well.
The thought of the Karate Kid making so much money made me throw up in my mouth a little.