Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Kong Rules the Weekend Box Office

But he didn’t crush it as Hollywood would have hoped. Opening at $50.15 million, it fell short of the hoped for $60 million. The reviews haven’t been that kind to Jackson’s LOTRs follow up. It seems the film is more stunning visually than having a stunning story.

We’ll see if this really is the case. My wife and I are going on Friday, so I’ll judge for myself. I’m going to Kong to get visually wowed. Story is in second place for this one.

The Chronicles of Narnia had a strong second week, bringing in $31 million, making the total for the film $112 million so far. Encouraging not necessarily for Hollywood, but good for us Narnia-lovers.

No comments: