'Toy Story 3' set to crush Cruise and Sandler movies
Monday, 28 June 2010
LOS ANGELES, June 27 (Reuters): Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler will go head-to-head at the weekend box office in North America, but neither will be a match for the animated heroes of reigning champ "Toy Story 3."
Cruise's action comedy "Knight and Day," looking to jump-start the weekend, didn't exactly gun its engines as it opened Wednesday to $3.8 million.
With a Friday-to-Saturday figure on one side or the other of the $20 million mark, "Knight" would end its first five days somewhere in the $20 million-plus range.
The Fox/New Regency project, which reportedly cost $117 million to produce, is seen as something of an important career resuscitator for both Cruise and co-star Cameron Diaz.
Sandler, looking to rebound from last year's underperformer "Funny People," joins forces with Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider in the $70 million Sony comedy "Grown Ups," which should open at No. 2 in the $40 million range.
Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 3," in the wake of its phenomenal $110 million opening last weekend, will repeat at No. 1 with a three-day haul between $55 million and $66 million.
Limited openers include National Geographic's release of the Afghanistan-set, Sundance-winning documentary "Restrepo," directed by Tim Hetherington and journalist Sebastian Junger, and Sony Pictures Classics' romantic drama "Wild Grass" from eminent French director Alain Resnais.
Cruise's action comedy "Knight and Day," looking to jump-start the weekend, didn't exactly gun its engines as it opened Wednesday to $3.8 million.
With a Friday-to-Saturday figure on one side or the other of the $20 million mark, "Knight" would end its first five days somewhere in the $20 million-plus range.
The Fox/New Regency project, which reportedly cost $117 million to produce, is seen as something of an important career resuscitator for both Cruise and co-star Cameron Diaz.
Sandler, looking to rebound from last year's underperformer "Funny People," joins forces with Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider in the $70 million Sony comedy "Grown Ups," which should open at No. 2 in the $40 million range.
Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 3," in the wake of its phenomenal $110 million opening last weekend, will repeat at No. 1 with a three-day haul between $55 million and $66 million.
Limited openers include National Geographic's release of the Afghanistan-set, Sundance-winning documentary "Restrepo," directed by Tim Hetherington and journalist Sebastian Junger, and Sony Pictures Classics' romantic drama "Wild Grass" from eminent French director Alain Resnais.