Very few films have ever had an increase in their second week (Borat was one of them) but Watchmen has finished out its second weekend at 18million in second place just above Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left, though some reports are saying third (House finished at $14m).
Watchmen lost it’s #1 spot to Disney’s PG-rated family flick Race To Witch Mountain, but held it’s own against the incoming R-rated remake of Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left. Interestingly, while Last House beat Watchmen’s numbers Friday, it finished #3 for the weekend after Watchmen defied industry expectations with an impressive Saturday comeback.
After a staggering 78% dropoff from the previous Friday, Watchmen experienced an equally staggering 42% increase the following night. To put that in perspective, The Dark Knight had only a 22% bump on it’s second Saturday.
$18million is still pretty impressive considering the more family friendly Dwayne Johnson starring remake of Witch Mountain was destined to dominate the boxoffice. (Remember the Squash)
I honestly didn’t think that Watchmen would break $10million this weekend, so I guess it exceeded my humble expectations, but still not enough to really launch it into the hall of fame.
Watchmen was one of those films were you just loved it to death for what it was supposed to be, or you hated it. There doesn’t seem to be any middle ground.
I didn’t anticipate Hayter’s Open Letter to have that much of an impact, though I did agree with the principal behind it.
