U.K. box office: ‘Twilight’ doesn’t suck

Apparently Stephanie Meyer’s novels are not as huge in the U.K. as they are here in the U.S., so that £2.5 million number must look good, even if it wasn’t the kind of blockbuster opening in the U.K. other flicks have enjoyed this year (and that might have been expected after its enormous opening the U.S.). We’ll see whether all the (fewer) Twilight fans headed out to see it on opening weekend this weekend: I’m guessing the movie is going to drop like a stone.

Kinda like how The Day the Earth Stood Still did: it took a drop comparable to the one it took in the U.S., once everyone got a look at how terrible it is. On the flip side, Four Christmases is doing as well in the U.K. as it is over here. I suppose family agitta is pretty universal, especially during the holidays.

[numbers via UK Film Council]