"Night," a 2-D film starring Steve Carell & Tina Fey, took in $27.1 million, according to estimates from 20th Century Fox, the film's distributor.In a clash of the dimensions, comedy "Date Night" & visual-effects spectacle "Clash of the Titans" were in a dead heat at the weekend box office.
This marks the first pseudo-showdown between classic filmmaking & 3-D, which has taken the top spot at the box office 10 of the past 14 weeks. "Titans" held strong & analysts saw a tight race.
Swiping at its heels is the sword-and-sandal fantasy "Clash of the Titans," which did $26.9 million, according to distributor Warner Bros.
"Titans," meanwhile, has been taking its shots, for Warner Bros.' decision three weeks before the movie opened to spend $15 million & convert it to 3-D. Critics have assailed what they call subpar graphics.
"Given the competition, they would have been pleased with our number if it had put us in fifth place," says Fox's Chris Aronson. "It's obvious 3-D is the future of a lot of movies. Still, people always require a lovely story as well as a lovely laugh."
"Big-spectacle movies routinely drop 60 percent or more on their second weekend," says Warner Bros.' Dan Fellman, whose movie fell a respectable 56 percent. "People like conversion. It is here to stay."
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