Box office blog: Foster fights back
Jodie Foster’s vigilante flick "The Brave One" took charge of the box office this weekend, earning $14 million to snag the top spot. That’s a pretty lame opening for a very hit-and-miss movie, but thankfully more than the take for "Mr. Woodcock," which landed at No. 3--just behind "3:10 to Yuma"--with $9.1 million. Even sadder, though, was the debut for "D-War: Dragon Wars"—or is it just "D-War" or "Dragon Wars: D-War" or "Dragon War: D-War: The War of the Dragons of the War of the Dragons"?—which brought in only $5.38 million. Things will surely bounce back next weekend, though, right? I mean, who doesn’t want to see Amanda Bynes update "Snow White" in "Sydney White," or Jessica Alba do a lot of cute, stupid stuff in "Good Luck Chuck"? Yeah; we don’t really want to see that either.