But now, let's cue a wet raspberry sound. "How Do You Know," the big-budget, star-laden romantic comedy from James L. Brooks, came in at the No. 8 spot, making a lousy $7.6 million at over 3,061 theaters. That's miserable news for everyone involved, especially considering the fact that "Black Swan," starring a crazy-eyed Natalie Portman, made more money on some 2,000 fewer theaters. The Darren Aronofsky film, pirouetting into the No. 7 spot, jumped to 959 theaters this weekend with an impressive $8.3 million haul. (Consider that "Black Swan," which cost just $13 million, already has a cumulative gross of $15.7 million in three weekends of limited release. "How Do You Know" cost north of $100 million, and at this rate will be lucky to make a quarter of that back in domestic grosses.)
Oh "Yogi Bear," you hoped more friends would show up to the picnic. The talking bear flick came in at No. 2 with $16.7 million. That's a far cry from Squeakquel numbers, the "Alvin & the Chipmunks" period piece that opened to $48.8 million on last year's Christmas weekend. But at least it's slightly better than "Marmaduke's" fate, which opened in June to just $11.6 million.
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" headed south to No. 3 with $12.4 million, bringing its cumulative two-week gross to $42.7 million. But how "The Fighter" swung for that top 3 spot. The boxing opus, aglow with six Golden Globe and four SAG award nominations, had a very good round this weekend, pulling in $12.2 million on 2,503 screens to land at No. 4.
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