Uncharted Movie Hits $44M, Has Fourth-Biggest Start For A Video Game Movie In US History

gamespot.com:

Sony's Uncharted movie opened this weekend, and it did very big business at the box office, becoming the fourth-biggest opening of all time for a video game movie.

Uncharted is projected to make $44 million for the Friday-Sunday period and $51 million for the four-day Presidents Day long weekend. It's the fourth-biggest opening for a movie based on a video game in the US, trailing Tomb Raider ($47 million), Detective Pikachu ($54 million), and Sonic the Hedgehog ($58 million).

BOX OFFICE: The big story? Two films over-performed on the same weekend for the first time in a good while: — <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Uncharted?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#Uncharted

grabs the 4th biggest 3-day opening ever for a video game adaptation w/ $44M & $51M for the 4-day. -<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dog?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#Dog scored $15M & $18M for the 4-day. What did you watch? pic.twitter.com/aOKuRUyNJ6

As for video game adaptations, here are the new Top 5 biggest opening weekends at the domestic BO: 1. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/SonicTheHedgehog?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#SonicTheHedgehog

($58M) 2. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/DetectivePikachu?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#DetectivePikachu ($54M) 3. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/TombRaider?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#TombRaider (2001) ($47M) 4. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Uncharted?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#Uncharted ($44M) 5. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/AngryBirds?src=hash&ref_src=» https: www.gamespot.com>#AngryBirds ($38M) pic.twitter.com/5RqNwwMbcy

The Uncharted movie didn't exactly wow professional critics, but