The cuddly creatures' once-promising film franchise is looking awfully creaky after "Smurfs: The Lost Village" stumbled at the domestic box office this weekend. The film was an attempt to reinvigorate the series after 2013's "The Smurfs 2" racked up a disappointing $347.5 million on a hefty $105 million budget. With the Smurfs failing to generate much excitement, DreamWorks Animation and Fox's "The Boss Baby" captured first place at the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend, earning $26.3 million to push its domestic haul to $89.4 million. Box office analysts blame the glut of family titles for hobbling the Smurfs. "Smurfs: The Lost Village" has a $60 million production budget, a fraction of the previous two entries' price tag.

Source: dna April 09, 2017 17:48 UTC