There wasn’t really any doubt that the Bourne Legacy wouldn’t be #1. Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is picking up steam as an actor after his role in Hurt Locker, The Town, and this years mega-blockbuster, The Avengers. Stepping into the role of Matt Damon’s tiny feet, and putting a sci-fi spin on the franchise has kept it fresh and on a rainy weekend, was just what the public needed. So there, all you Nolan fans who thought The Dark Knight Rises would break all sorts of box-office records. It did GOOD, but it’s a long ways away from a Whedon. Though, overall TDKR DID exceed $700 mil with combined domestic and foreign box office numbers; putting it well on it’s way to reach the $1 Billion mark. Other contenders for box office gold were newcomers, The Campaign, who put up a solid #2 debut with $27mil and Hope Springs that came in at #4 with 20mil. I honestly think all of this won’t matter in 4 days when we see Expendables 2’s geriatric bad-asses come in a clean house with that I’m predicting will be a $50mil debut!
Title |
Weekend | Total | |
| 1. | The Bourne Legacy | $40,266,000 | $40.2 |
| 2. | The Campaign | $27,440,000 | $27.4 |
| 3. | The Dark Knight Rises | $19,540,000 | $390.1 |
| 4. | Hope Springs | $15,600,000 | $20 |
| 5. | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 | $8,200,000 | $30.5 |
| 6. | Total Recall | $8,100,000 | $44.1 |
| 7. | Ice Age 4 | $6,750,000 | $144 |
| 8. | Ted | $3,290,000 | $209.9 |
| 9. | Step Up Revolution | $2,850,000 | $30.1 |
| 10. | The Watch | $2,200,000 | $31.3 |
