Monday, December 27, 2010

"Little Fockers" Takes Home Top Box Office Honors, Despite Slow Sales on Christmas Weekend


"Little Fockers," the critically panned sequel in the "Meet the Parents" series, landed No. 1 at the Christmas weekend box office despite soft sales.

The latest Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro matchup had sales of just $34 million during the three-day holiday weekend.

Its five-day take was $48.3 million, well below the $60 million the studio had hoped for.

Six years ago, the first sequel "Meet the Fockers" earned $46 million its first weekend and $70.5 million in its first five days.

Just 11% of the top critics on Rotten Tomatoes liked "Little Fockers," according to the review aggregation website.

Jeff Bridges starred in the second- and third-place movies, but in very different roles.

"True Grit," the Coen brothers' update of the John Wayne western, opened at No. 2 with weekend sales of $25.6 million.

Last weekend's champ, "Tron: Legacy," fell to No. 3 with sales of $20.1 million. Bridges reprises his role from the obscure 1982 film "Tron" as a video game developer trapped in a virtual environment called the Grid.

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