The Muppets make a strong debut in theaters

EW reports: As expected, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 led the box office once again over the Thanksgiving weekend, but Disney’s The Muppets reboot more than held its own in second place.

Disney’s $40 million reboot The Muppets debuted in second place with a strong $42.3 million. The friendly felt puppets laughed up $29.5 million over the regular three-day weekend. Audiences skewed slightly older than those at typical kids’ movies, as only 35% of viewers were under the age of 18, but then the Muppets were never meant to be solely kiddie fare.

With a straight “A” CinemaScore grade and broad appeal with all ages, The Muppets may climb to a $100+ million cume in the coming weeks. Wherever The Muppets finishes though, it has already proven more successful than the last Muppets movies to hit theaters, Muppets from Space, which only earned $16.6 million in 1999.

In off-beat related news: "Mahna Mahna" came from a porn film.

UPDATE: The film is already the second biggest grossing Muppet movie of all time, out of seven, coming in under the $65 million gross of The Muppet Movie back in 1979.

Comments

asher said…
But will it be as good as A Muppet Christmas Carol or Muppet Treasure Island?
Jerry said…
NOTHING will ever be as good as the Muppet Christmas Carol.

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