So, the movie opened in second place, with only about a $45m take.
Sony is in spin mode, calling that "respectable." However, for a big budget, effects laden, tentpole movie, that's pretty bad. It's less, for example, than
Green Lantern made in its opening weekend.
Next weekend sees the new "Trek" and "Ice Age" movies, so this thing isn't going to have legs. To make matters worse for Sony, China won't show the film and, therefore, the studio can't count on foreign box office to save the overall take.
They can spin this all they want, but this is a failure.
