Tron: Legacy tops weekend box office, The Chronicles of Narnia ranks third
by Marivic CaburalTron: Legacy Movie Image" src="//cfm.yidio.com/images/article/images/artcile_356.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left; width: 400px; height: 214px; " />Tron: Legacy took over the top post in the North American Box office with a total estimated ticket sales of $43.6 million while The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader slipped to the third spot with$ 12.4 million.
Tron: Legacy is a 3D science fiction movie starring Academy award winner Jeffrey Bridges and actor Garret Hedlund.
In the movie Bridges and Hedlun played the roles of a father and son (Kevin and Sam Flynn). Kevin (Bridges) is the world’s leading video game developer who disappeared mysteriously while Sam is a 27-year-old tech expert obsessed to find answers about his father, received a strange signal from Kevin’s old arcade.
Sam was pulled into a digital world, reunited with his father and both faced a deadly journey on a cyber universe created by Kevin himself.
Majority of Tron Legacy’s audience were fans from the 1982 Tron who went to see the movie with their special someone or family to experience the movie on 3D. The movie also entices youngsters who are video game enthusiasts.
On the other hand, the family movie Yogi Bear managed to secure the second position in the box office with an estimated $16.7 million in total ticket sales. Producers of the animated film are hoping for a higher result during the midweek since kids are already off from school.
Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s spy movie, The Tourist suffers a 47% drop with only $ 8.7 million this weekend due to negative reviews while the ballet thriller Black Swan is gaining popularity and interest among movie goers nationwide due to the nominations it received from the Golden Globe awards.
Here is the list of theTop Ten Movies at Box Office for the weekend December 17-19:
- Tron Legacy - $43.6 million
- Yogi Bear - $16.7 million
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - $12.4 million
- The Fighter - $12.2 million
- The Tourist - $8.7 million
- Tangled - $8.6 million
- Black Swan - $8.3 million
- How Do You Know" - $7.6 million
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - $4.8 million
- Unstoppable - $1.8 million