Children friendly franchise turns too Fierce: Darker 'Narnia 2' $ is the original short

2005, the first installment of the town Disney / Walden Media's fantasy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was a surprise hit in the $ 65 million debut weekend. But the follow-up gave only a PM Sunday: Weekend estimates suggest that up The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 3-day opening was still far from the original, despite the end of No. 1 at the box office this weekends, $ 56.6 million, and the FSS, after earning $ 19.3 million from 3929 theaters Friday. Photo managed only a modest 5% bump on Saturday, when the child is usually matinees generally take in $ 20.3 million. With an estimated $ 17 million on Sunday, is much less than a total of $ 80 million by analysts expected at the box office this weekend. The biggest problem was the sequel is darker than the content: the friendly creatures of the forest gave way to the murder and betrayal and political intrigue as the follow transferred as part of the reviewers complained it was basically a war movie. This turned out to be a poor domestic box office.

At the international level, following a lot better: the opening day and date in 12 markets, Disney said on Sunday that Prince Caspian won $ 20.7 million, representing an improvement of 27% over the first Narnia. (Above, Saturday morning of Narnia 2 El Capitan. Photo by Jim Stevenson)