The terrible crazy cop thriller Lakeview Terrace, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, topped the weekend box office in US and Canada, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. The other new releases were largely ignored by moviegoers.
Lakeview Terrace sold a modest $15.6 million worth of tickets during its first three days of release. It barely surpassed the $14 million opening for Jackson's 2006 bomb Snakes on a Plane.
But Sony Screen Gems, the distributor of the $20 million film, said the three-day tally was at the upper end of its expectations.
Jackson plays a vindictive cop who makes life hell for his new neighbors. Reviews were mixed, even though it was directed by Neil LaBute, the filmmaker behind such edgy dramas as "In the Company of Men" and The Wicker Man.
As for the other three rookies, the Lionsgate romantic comedy My Best Friend's Girl, starring Kate Hudson and Dane Cook, opened at No. 3 with $8.3 million; the MGM animated Igor was No. 4 with $8 million; and Paramount/DreamWorks' Ricky Gervais comedy Ghost Town was No. 8 with $5.2 million.
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