'Karate Kid' crane kicks 'A-Team' to No. 2 spot



In what had looked to be a tight battle of '80s brand names, a team of mercenaries was decimated by a 11 year-old.

Sony Pictures' remake of "The Karate Kid" starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan opened to an excellent $56 million, according to a studio estimate, while 20th Century Fox's big screen version of TV show "The A-Team" starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel debuted to a soft but not terrible $26 million.

Pre-release polling had indicated that the two new films would be in a tight race for first place at the box office in the $30-million to $35-million range, with "Karate Kid" drawing more families and "The A-Team" mostly guys.

But Sony's film got off to a surprisingly strong start on Friday, indicating that it played as well to adults as to children, and expanded on its 2 to 1 advantage over "The A-Team" on Saturday as families attended matinees.

Both movies got mixed reviews, but audiences were much more positive. "The Karate Kid" got an average grade of A and "A-Team" got a B+, according to market research firm CinemaScore.

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The Smiths always Slaying the Box office.
CONGRATS Jaden!!!!

I didn't realize that The Karate Kid would've sweeped the competition by that much!

But kudos.

WOW I thought the movie would make 20 million, 25 TOPS

Yes the SMITHS

and the Justin Bieber promo LOL

Figured A-Team would flop.

That "A-Team" movie was terrible. Should have spent my money to watch "Karate Kid" instead.

I was 100% sure that the Box Office as a whole was down this year compared to last year, but I just check and apparently it has increased by 2.9% year on year up until this point. Surprising given that the numbers recently have been underwhelming.

Anyway, the 'Karate Kid' did will well.

yes i saw karate kid Friday it was really good !!!!!!!!1

i wanna watch it again it inspired me to get into kung fu

not for the fighting but for the discipline and concentration

It made 56 Million dollars, hot dayumm. This is shocking. I expected this movie to open with at least 16 million. It already passed it's 40 million production budget. Never underestimate kids and family.

I can't say that I'm shocked by KK's debut. It's a family film that has good WOM, so of COURSE it was going to do well. I am surprised by The A-Team's performance, though. I figured that it would do slightly better.

I was really disappointed with 'A-Team', both with the numbers and the movie itself. It had 3 or 4 good moments, but for a 2-hour movie that's barely anything.

First 3-4 months of the year were far higher than 2009, hence it's still being up in comparison... But ever since the 'Summer' releases began, it's all downhill, pretty much all expected to be big releases disappointed.

Darn that Jaden Smith! I'm still going to lie outside the cinemas waiting for The A-Team's official UK release. I'm so excited for this film.

The movie is ok though, still disappointed that it's not karate they show. Imma watch A-Team. Jessica Biel <3333

Killing the box office just like his dad. Good job Jaden!!!

@ those who expected The A-Team to be good. Sucks for ya'll.

Just got back from Karate Kid. Excellent.

GO TO NUMBER 1!

bieber definitely helped karate kid's success

Stunning like his daddy!

I loved the movie.