Talk about a prophetic title: I Am Legend has proven to be, well, legendary. Taking in $76.5 million in its opening weekend, the Will Smith sci-fi thriller beat out Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($72.6 million) to become the highest-grossing December movie ever. In the history of box office sales in general, I Am Legend's opening weekend is the 16th highest-grossing of all time.
In addition, the updated CGI version of Alvin and the Chipmunks did extremely well, bringing in $45 million. By contrast, however, The Golden Compass drastically underperformed at the box office, coming in third place but totaling just $9 million in sales its second weekend in theaters. Enchanted came in fourth place with No Country for Old Men rounding out the top five. The returning film that did the most pleasingly is Atonement, which jumped from No. 15 to No. 9 on the charts, this weekend bringing in $1.8 million. Yay!
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I saw I am Legend Sunday night, and I really enjoyed it. There are a few weirdo parts and an embarrassing scene of unintentional hilarity, but I really liked the story. It told a good story well, with plenty of suspense and moments of fear or panic. What'd y'all think? I liked it, but I seemed to like it more than the people I was with. I felt like I was with him the whole movie; the ending was a surprise, but the title said it all.