Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Results

And here are the top 10 results in from Turkey weekend:

1. Twilight Saga: New Moon $42.9 million
2. The Blind Side $40.1 million
3. 2012 $17.7 million
4. Old Dogs $16.9 million
5. Disney’s A Christmas Carol $15.8 million
6. Ninja Assassin $13.3 million
7. Planet 51 $10.2 million
8. Precious $7.1 million
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox $7.0 million
10. The Road $1.5 million

Vampires Beat Out Ninjas

The flashy Ninja Assassin got beat handily in theaters this weekend. Korean popstar Rain (Bi) was no match for the combined drawing power of Edward, Belle and Jacob. Both movies had similar critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, with Assassin at 28% and New Moon at 30%. The difference between the earning power of the two is that the Twilight has a book franchise behind it, more marketable actors and a PG-13 rating.

Rain for his part did a phenomenal job in the role of Raizo despite the lack of any real plot and a director who insists of blurring past the action (the major selling point of the film?).

Road to Nowhere

Viggo Mortensen’s The Road performed even worse than Ninja Assassin, and it’s box office pull was nonexistent. This is sad for me to see as the film is based on a terrific, Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Cormack McCarthy. Even if the book read more like a long poem, the makers of The Road were able to capture it well and receive high critical praise despite its lackluster revenues opening weekend.

It just goes to show that you can’t ignore the buying power of young, fawning females aged 15-30. C’mon men, let’s get The Blind Side to number one this weekend! Who else is upset that The Road and Ninja Assassin didn’t make more money?