X-Men: The Last Stand had one of the biggest openings of all time last week, and The Break-Up, a badly-reviewed “anti-romantic comedy”, is the only new wide release this week. So it’s easy to see why the Hollywood Reporter predicted, on Thursday:
After its $123 million opening last weekend, 20th Century Fox’s third “X-Men” movie is a shoo-in for the top spot again, while Universal’s “Break-Up” will vie for the second slot with Sony’s “The Da Vinci Code” and Paramount’s “Over the Hedge.”
But, whoops, it looks like audiences may be having other ideas. BoxOfficeMojo.com reports that The Break-Up made an estimated $13.8 million on opening day yesterday, thus handily beating X-Men‘s $10.4 million; meanwhile, Over the Hedge is narrowly beating The Da Vinci Code in the just-over-$5-million range.
The Break-Up‘s box-office performance is all the more remarkable because it’s playing in only 3,070 theatres, whereas the other three films are all playing in between 3,714 and 3,993 theatres.
Looks like X-Men doesn’t have word-of-mouth on its side.
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