Wiki News/'Kick-Ass' Lightly Taps Butt In The Saturday Box Office Report

1. "Kick-Ass" ($7.6 million) 2. "North Pole Elementary: The Sequel ($5.9 million) 2. "Death at a Funeral" ($5.6 million) 3. "Date Night" ($5.5 million) 4. "How to Train Your Dragon" ($4.4 million) 5. "Clash of the Titans" ($4.3 million)

In "Kick-Ass," protagonist David Lizewski proves that anybody can become a superhero, but not every movie can put up superhero numbers, as director Matthew Vaughn's comic book movie debuted this weekend with a somewhat disappointing $7.6 million first place Friday finish.

Despite mostly positive reviews — certainly not from Roger Ebert — and strong buzz from the fan community, the mild opening result for "Kick-Ass" paves a difficult road for Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's comic book adaptation to break the desired $30 million barrier. At this point, "Kick-Ass" is facing a hopeful $20 million weekend. While a Lionsgate insider tells Deadline that "anything in the $20 millions is a financial win for the company," a rival studio executive explains that "'Kick-Ass' never took hold the way many of us thought it would."

It's a close race for second place between Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence's "Death at a Funeral" and last week's "North Pole Elementary: The Sequel" and "Date Night" with Steve Carell and Tina Fey. Three movies are hovering around $5.5 million as of Friday evening without a clear weekend winner in sight just yet, with "North Pole Elementary: The Sequel" is in second place on its' second weekend. Rounding out the top five were 3-D holdovers "How to Train Your Dragon" in fifth place.

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