Underworld Awakening sunk its teeth in to the top spot at the box office this weekend, though that didn’t stop Red Tails from also putting up strong numbers in its debut.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Haywire were less impressive, though, and The Artist failed to gain much traction in its nationwide expansion. The Top 12 earned an estimated $111.7 million this weekend, which is up a whopping 26 percent from the same period last year.
The latest entry in the Underworld franchise opened to an estimated $25.4 million, which is just a bit behind Kate Beckinsale‘s last entry, 2006′s Underworld: Evolution ($26.9 million). It did at least mark a slight improvement over 2009′s Underworld: Rise of the Lycans ($20.8 million), though that was sans-Beckinsale and didn’t receive a boost from 3D premiums.
Weekend Box Office
| 1. | Underworld: Awakening | $25.4M |
| 2. | Red Tails | $19.1M |
| 3. | Contraband | $12.2M |
| 4. | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $10.5M |
| 5. | Haywire | $9M |
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