The Comic To Movie Trifecta: “Cowboys And Aliens”, “Smurfs”, “Captain America” Take Top 3
For the first time in movie history, the top three highest grossing films in a weekend are all adapted from comics.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Little blue Smurfs and not-so-little green men from space are in a photo finish for the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office.
Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford’s sci-fi Western “Cowboys & Aliens” and the family adventure “The Smurfs” both opened with $36.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That leaves Sony’s “Smurfs” and Universal’s “Cowboys & Aliens” tied for the top spot. Figuring out the No. 1 movie will have to wait until final numbers are counted Monday.
The previous weekend’s top movie, “Captain America: The First Avenger,” slipped to No. 3 with $24.9 million and raised its domestic total to $116.8 million.
Now of course, the question– is this a trend that will last? Or is this the high water mark?
Also: ComicsBeat has a great take on what this means for Platinum Studios, complete with business accounts for those of us who like this sort of thing.
Erm, the Smurfs are based on a toy line, not a comic book……
The Smurfs started out as a Belgian comic in 1958. The toy line came years later.
Erm, no, Keith. The Smurfs are based on a famous series of comic strips created by the late Belgian artist Peyo. The toys, the games, the animated series, all stems from the original comic strips.