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(Source: Box Office Mojo)
I've said it before and I will say it again; September is a lousy time for movies. This is when the studios dump all the flicks they've committed to, but figure won't do all that well at the box office. It also shows how much confidence Fox has in their animated offering Everyone's Hero that the studio released it during this time period. Not even the news that this was Christopher (Superman) Reeve's last film was enough to excite the suits at Fox.
That lack of confidence was justified when Everyone's Hero took a paltry $6,061,762 in its first weekend in theatres. However, that was enough to put the flick in the #3 slot, right behind the live-actioners The Black Dahlia and Gridiron Gang.
Fox hasn't released how much Everyone's Hero cost, but the low opening is ominous. In comparison, Fox's previous animated offering, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, which took over $7 million in its first weekend. However, that flick had a more desirable early-summer opening.