Here are the final numbers for this box office weekend. Martin Campbell-directed comic book adaptation
Green Lantern finished #1 with $53M, way below that previously expected. Film was getting a lot of negative reviews, with couple of good ones here and there (you can check out Josh and Mark's reviews
HERE and
HERE).
UPDATE: Below are the actual numbers for this weekend (including Sunday):
1. Green Lantern 3D - Friday $21.6M, Saturday $16.8M, Weekend $52.6M
2. Super 8 - Friday $6M, Saturday $8M, Weekend $21.2M, Cume $72.7M
3. Mr. Popper's Penguins - Friday $6.4M, Saturday $6.5M, Weekend $18.2M
4. X-Men: First Class - Friday $3.3M, Saturday $4.4M, Weekend $11.5M, Cume $119.9M.
For full box office report follow the link at the bottom of the page.
From
Deadline:
"Warner Bros' 3D Green Lantern ($21.6M Friday, dropping -21% for $17.1M Saturday, and only a $53M weekend) underperforms, unable to meet even the studio's lowered expectation for North America despite the higher 3D ticket prices. Green Lantern had well-known actor Ryan Reynolds playing the superhero, yet won't come near that other non-sequel Thor's recent $65.7M opening weekend for Marvel yet starring a complete unknown."
Next week
Green Lantern will go against new PIXAR film,
Cars 2. Expect a big drop, since it's not getting good buzz and as for international numbers, Deadline says:
"Competitors also told me that the foreign day-and-date opening grosses were off to a "very soft start". Though UK opened #1 with £717k (US$1.2M) from 907 situations, that's less than this summer's openings of X-Men: First Class, Fast Five, and Thor. And the Russia and South Korea debuts weren't strong.
I have to say, it's not looking good for
Green Lantern. Well, that's it for this weekend. What do you think of the overall
Green Lantern box office performance?