Debuting in second place was director Zack Snyder’s CG kiddies animation Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (a name which parents will have to help their children pronounce) which made $16m – well behind the $55m earned in the same number of days for his previously feature, Watchmen, and a world away from 300’s incredible $70m opening weekend total in 2007.
Nice to the see that last week’s number one, The Town, managed to stay within the top three, its total tally of $49m having now easily surpassing the $37m budget and virtually guaranteeing director Ben Affleck will get another crack of the directorial whip.