Wiki News/Box Office: Sonic X is the new champion, while Karate Kid is still good



This new release of the 80's remake, "The Karate Kid" may not won to the top, but it's still will do well no matter what.

20th Century Fox's IMAX animated movie, "Sonic X: Return to Soleanna", which took the lead again pulling in another $25.1 million on Friday and it should be getting another $60-75 million second weekend, and should raise up the film's US's box office total above $250 million in two weeks. The challenge will be over by the time "Toy Story 3" comes out, Woody, Buzz adn the rest of the gang returns after 11 years of retiring from the big screens. So far, three animated movies are leading a box office along with "Shrek Forever After".

Produced by Will Smith and starring his son Jaden and Jackie Chan, the remake of the 1984 classic pulled in an astonishing $18.8 million on Friday for what could be a $52-60 million weekend. What's more impressive is that with a budget of $40 million, the "Kid" is looking like a major profit center for Sony Pictures even before International revenue comes in to play. The bigger question is how strong it can continue to play with the mega-"Toy Story 3" opening next Friday or whether "Toy" will take an immediate hit from the "Kid" buzz.

Third place went to 20th Century Fox's another but non-IMAX and live-action movie "The A-Team" which did less than anticipated with just $9.5 million on Friday and a projected 3-day total of $28-30 million. That's a tad under industry polling which expected a $30-35 million debut. Reviews were harsher than many believed, could that have caused a dent in "A-Team's" grosses? Or, did "Karate Kid" skew broader than Fox had anticipated? Needless to say, "A-Team" may not be the new franchise Fox was hoping for.

Still trucking along in third was "Shrek Forever After" with $4.5 million. "Get Him to the Greek" followed with $3.2 million and "Killers" was fifth with $2.6 million.

Look for updated weekend estimates tomorrow on HitFix.