This is no surprise though. the last one opened number one. these movies are for this generation of movie goers that 14-21 yr old group. The same people probobaly wouldnt like hot shots, or naked gun. I could be wrong though.
I'm not overly shocked by Meet the Spartans being No. 1 (that opening is pretty similar to the openings for Epic Movie and Date Movie if I remember correctly), but what shocked me was how hard Cloverfield dropped in comparison to last week... I knew it was going to be a front-heavy premier, but isn't that close to a 2/3 drop in comparison to opening week?
Here's an update:
Back when I was finding advance tickets for a showing I kept 2 things into account:
1)Anticipating the chaos that would be at the theatre; I wanted to give us enough time for the "Meet & Greet", Grub, Ticket Verification Line, P…