Christmas might be internationally recognized as a day of joy, but its box office race was unkind to several new film releases.<\/p>\n
Three of the five high-profile Christmas Day releases were asked to settle for box office coal.<\/p>\n
“Justin Bieber’s Believe,” the most notable flop, reportedly earned just $1.2 million on Christmas. Though its modest release scope assured it would not command a blockbuster tally, its actual earnings irrefutably warrant the dreaded flop label.<\/p>\n
That label is not, however, reserved for the Bieber concert film. Heavily hyped “Grudge Match” earned just $4 million at the Christmas box office, while big budget “47 Ronin” managed just $6.5 million, according to a report by THR.<\/p>\n
On the more positive front, “The Wolf of Wall Street” opened in a race for first with holdover “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” Both earned at least $9 million.<\/p>\n
Holdover “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” followed with around $8 million, while “American Hustle” and new entry “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” contended for fourth place with at least $7 million.<\/p>\n
Previously released films “Frozen” and “Saving Mr. Banks” will also likely land in the Christmas Day top ten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[1466,1468,96,1465,1469,1467],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n