Will Smith Tops the Box Office

Posted on December 18, 2006

Will Smith and The Pursuit of Happyness handily won the weekend box office making an estimated $26,541,709, with a surprise win over Charlotte's Web and Eragon. It certainly was a surprise to us, anyway!

Eragon came in second with $23,239,907 and Charlotte's Web came in third with a very disappointing $11,457,353 from 3,566 theaters. Happy Feet came in third, making another $8,358,421 and Cameron Diaz's The Holiday came in fourth with $8,014,713 in its second week of release.

Charlotte's Web's opening weekend performance was subpar for this type of film and way below what many of the animated children's films have been bringing. Which is a shame, because the adaptation really is excellent. It's probable that the film will have legs over the holiday season: as bored children start whining, parents start looking for children's films to amuse them.