By Over the weekend, the video game-laden Wreck-It Ralph wrecked the competition by raking in an astounding $49m. In comparison, the second place film, Flight, made only $25m. It’s good to see that a non-Pixar CGI Disney film could actually be critically and commercially successful. Of course, I’d like to go out on a limb and pinpoint Sonic the Hedgehog’s cameo in the film as being the driving force behind the film’s success. I mean, he’s the greatest video game character that isn’t a rapping dog or blue robot, right?
The rest of this weekend’s numbers are below.
1. Wreck-It Ralph – $49,100,000
2. Flight – $25,010,000
3. Argo – $10,245,000
4. The Man With the Iron Fists – $8,219,200
5. Taken 2 – $6,000,000
6. Cloud Atlas – $5,250,000
7. Hotel Transylvania – $4,500,000
8. Paranormal Activity 4 – $4,300,000
9. Here Comes the Boom – $3,600,000
10. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D – $3,300,000