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BOX OFFICE: Cowboys Aliens Manages To Beat The Smurfs To #1; Captain America Update! |
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Monday, 01 August 2011 13:47 |
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Yesterday, we brought you the news that The Smurfs had tied with Cowboys & Aliens at $36.2 million a piece at the US box office. This was something of a shocking development as Jon Favreau's latest movie was expected by Universal to open somewhere between $40 million to $45 million range, while The Smurfs were expected to debut at a disappointing $25 million to $30 million. Well, it's good news for the Iron Man and Iron Man director, as he just managed to beat the movie adaptation of the popular cartoon. But not by much! From Deadline:
It's now official. According to today's actuals, DreamWorks/Universal's Cowboys & Aliens narrowly beat Sony Picture's Smurfs for the weekend win $ $36,431,290 vs $35,611,637.
Cowboys & Aliens will start rolling out internationally over the next few weeks, so it's far too early to know whether it will rake in a decent profit...with a $160 million budget Read more: |
