Not a great weekend for those who backed “Click” as an upset special in the “Cars” bracket.
Adam Sandler’s movie posted $40 million, not a big number. Enough to beat “Waist Deep,” but, factoring in a 40 percent decline, surely not big enough to push past “Cars” ($33 million second week) in a week two showdown.
That means it’s all about “Cars” and “Code,” and “Cars” posted a healthy $22 million this past weekend to easily best “Da Vinci’s” $18 million.
Looks like “Cars” in this bracket, barring some unforeseen “Click” surprise. “Click” has the youngish male comedy field to itself for the near future (“Nacho Libre” is tanking), but “Superman Returns” is arriving Tuesday night, and it promises to blow most other movies to bits. (Also, “Click” sucks.)
How is “Superman?” Pretty darn good. The only box office handicap I see: it’s also pretty darn long. Two hours, 24 minutes. That’s fewer showings per screen, but it’s going to be on so many screens, maybe it won’t matter. Tough sit for a little kid, though.
Bold prediction: “Superman Returns” will beat “A Scanner Darkly.” Handily!
The chosen format of pairing down-the-road box office results has turned out to be a great equalizer, especially as so many movies have done such a bad job holding on to their audiences. "Cars," for instance, beat "Code" by dropping just 33 percent from week two, a pretty good number in the scheme of things.