Turns out a sequel to a terrible movie about a blind superhero wasn’t the great idea somebody, somewhere thought it was. This weekend’s highly publicized sequel to ‘Daredevil’ – ‘Elektra’ – starring Jennifer Garner stumbled to a fifth place debut with a $12.5 million haul. It fell behind not only Samuel L Jackson’s ‘Coach Carter’ – a much less publicized debut – but also the barely discussed Dennis Quaid/Topher Grace ‘In Good Company’. Not good.
1 Coach Carter $23.6M ($23,600,000)
2 Meet the Fockers $19M ($231,000,000)
3 Racing Stripes $14M ($14,000,000)
4 In Good Company $13.9M ($14,400,000)
5 Elektra $12.5M ($12,500,000)
6 White Noise $12.2M ($41,200,000)
7 The Aviator $4.8M ($50,000,000)
8 Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events $3.9M ($111,000,000)
9 The Phantom of the Opera $3.5M ($26,400,000)
10 Ocean’s Twelve $2.9M ($120,000,000)