{"id":7074,"date":"2010-06-13T12:57:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T17:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2010-06-13T12:57:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T17:57:30","slug":"the-karate-kid-crushes-a-team-takes-box-office-from-shrek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/13\/the-karate-kid-crushes-a-team-takes-box-office-from-shrek\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Karate Kid&#8221; Crushes &#8220;A-Team,&#8221; Takes Box Office From &#8220;Shrek&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Karate Kid&#8221; topped expectations and impressed the film community, earning a strong $56 million in its debut weekend for an easy box office victory.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/spike-guys-choice-show\/image\/9040036?term=quinton+jackson\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view4.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9040036\/spike-guys-choice-show\/spike-guys-choice-show.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9040036\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Spike TV's Guys Choice - Show\" height=\"159\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 05: Actors Sharlto Copley, Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson and Quinton Jackson speak onstage during Spike TV's 4th Annual 'Guys Choice Awards' held at Sony Studios on June 5, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. 'Guys Choice' premieres June 20, 2010 at 10PM ET\/PT on Spike. (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s gross more than doubled that of &#8220;The A-Team,&#8221; which was good for only $26 million.  With a significantly bigger budget and more internal hype within the film community, the film&#8217;s performance was considered a significant disappointment&#8211;the blowout loss to &#8220;Karate Kid&#8221; only added to the miss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shrek: The Final Chapter,&#8221; the holdover winner, fell to third place with $15.8 million this weekend to finally cross the $200 million barrier.  Also in the top five were &#8220;Get Him to the Greek&#8221; ($10.1 million) and &#8220;Killers&#8221; ($8.2 million).<\/p>\n<p><B>Weekend Top Ten:<\/b><br \/>\n1)   The Karate Kid &#8211; $56 million<br \/>\n2)   The A-Team &#8211; $26 million<br \/>\n3)   Shrek: The Final Chapter &#8211; $15.8 million ($210.1 million)<br \/>\n4)   Get Him to the Greek &#8211; $10.1 million ($36.5 million)<br \/>\n5)   Killers &#8211; $8.2 million ($30.7 million)<br \/>\n6)   Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time &#8211; $6.6 million ($72.3 million)<br \/>\n7)   Marmaduke &#8211; $6 million ($22.3 million)<br \/>\n8)   Sex and the City 2 -$5.5 million ($84.7 million)<br \/>\n9)   Iron Man 2 &#8211; $4.6 million ($299.3 million)<br \/>\n10) Splice &#8211; $2.9 million ($13.1 million)<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;The Karate Kid&quot; 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