Both films rolled out at 7 p.m. in North America; overseas, Guillermo del Toro's monster movie is soaring in Asia with an opening day gross of $3.8 million but soft in Australia.
Pacific Rim is in no way a perfect movie. It's plagued with corny dialogue, underdeveloped characters, and a predictable, anticlimactic ending. And like most sci-fi movies, it doesn't pass the Bechdel test. The Bechdel test, named after cartoonist
Following back-to-back misfires Jack & Jill and That's My Boy, Adam Sandler needed a hit to re-establish his box office viability -- and it looks he's got one with Grown Ups 2, which topped Friday with $16.3 million.
Following the failure of the pricey action flicks "After Earth," "White House Down" and "The Lone Ranger," Guillermo del Toro's $190-million "Pacific Rim" also found itself unable to attract moviegoers to the multiplex in droves. Instead, the top spot
Pacific Rim could have used similar loyalty. The film became the third straight megabudget movie to underperform. The Guillermo del Toro story of monsters vs. robots claimed $38.3 million and third place. The opening fell short of analysts' projections
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