At the time of this writing, the Tina Fey/Steve Carell comedy Date Night is reported to have narrowly won the box office. However, The Clash of the Titans was so close behind that it is possible adjusted totals may flip the positions of the two movies. Box Office Mojo is reporting that Date Night made around $27.1 Million, while Clash made $26.7 Million, a tight margin of victory, to be sure.
This was the biggest opening weekend of Tina Fey’s career thus far, although Carell has had larger openings before. The $27 Million take is quite good for a comedy.
Clash of the Titans dropped about 56% from opening weekend, which is higher than usual. Most films see about a 30% drop. The larger drop signals that interest for the movie may be waning quickly.
Good thing the flick had a big opening weekend. Clash has now made a total of $110 Million after two weekends, and looks like it will recoup its $125 Million budget. Incidentally, it looks like about 40% of that total was from 3D screens, meaning more than half came from 2D screenings.
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