This obsession of which movie wins the weekend box office is silly. I like to see how well a movie does in the box office. But to really care if one movie makes 3 million more then another when both are doing in excess of $50 million is really useless. At that dollar amount they are both winners. The true test is their drop off in the second weekend to see if they have gels and will make some long term money. Both movies are geared for a different audience so they are not really competition for the same dollar.

Pretty neat that SWATH managed 56 million with no IMAX or 3D, and this weekends movies are on nearly the same pace both having the advantage of 3D ticket prices and Prometheus having IMAX/IMAX3D as well.

Yes, but Prometheus is R rated, which is much tougher as well as it is at alot less theaters than SWATH was opening weekend. Yes SWATH did great, but you are comparing apples to oranges. R movies always have a tougher sell (less people can see them) and yes IMAX and 3D help ticket prices so it is impossible to compare these films. How about we stop caring about how much the movie makes and start caring about whether they are good movies and whether people (not critics) like them. From what I can see and from what I have read, all three of these movies have been received well by the people who have seen them, and it looks like many have gone back for at least a second viewing. That is what makes a movie sucessful, not comparing how much money it makes or even looking at how much money it makes.

prometheous has a large fanbase thanks to Ridley Scott and is allien frnachise, SWATH is doing great

SWATH was one of the worst movies I’ve seen this year. No chemistry between characters at alll and the girl from Twilight was playing the same character again. Boring!