
Modest 13.7 million dollars of cash fees for the premiere was enough for the romantic comedy "Old New Year" directed by Harry Marshall to become the new leader of the North American box office, who led the film "Twilight. Saga. Dawn: Part 1", OpenSpace , referring to the Hollywood Reporter .
However, the previous film turned into a specialist on the holidays of Marshall ("Beauty", "Running the Bride"), released a year ago "Valentine's Day" (Valentine's Day, 2010), collected four more in the first weekend rolled - $ 56.3 million.
"The box office is now in unimportant form. Our film took first place, but we were the first under very favorable circumstances," admitted Dan Fellman, President of Warner Bros. on distribution in the USA and Canada.
The star composition did not help approach the result of “St. Valentine's Day” “The old New Year” - in the film about the love relations of several pairs on the eve of the New Year, in particular, Holly Berry, Jessica Bil, Lia Michelle, Josh Duel, John Bon Jovoi, Robert de Niro, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hilari were shot in the film. SUVK.
In second place was another debutant of the past weekend, the black comedy of Nannies ($ 10 million), which hired to sit with neighboring children, who will have to survive the most stormy night in his life.
The film "Twilight. Saga. Dawn: Part 1" retreated to third place, putting another 7.9 million in its cash desk. The total fees of Dawn over the world exceeded $ 604 million.
The five Mappets are closed, which raised $ 7.1 million and the Santa Claus Secret Service: the Operation Global Christmas (Arthur Christmas) - 6.6 million.