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The movie should have just been about the dog.

Kim Hollis: The Adventures of Tintin, the other Steven Spielberg movie in the top ten, fell 41% to $6.7 million. Its running total is $63.3 million (though its international total is at about $260 million). What do you think of this result?

Edwin Davies: The main point that has been made about Tintin for weeks now is that the domestic performance was always going to be gravy owing to the international gross, which made the film very profitable before it had opened Stateside. However, just because the film didn't have to do well doesn't mean that this result isn't a little disappointing, since it's a really fun, exciting adventure story with plenty of Spielbergian spectacle - including a chase through a Turkish market which really has to be seen to be believed - and seems like the perfect introduction to the world of Herge. No one involved is going to be crying over this result since Tintin has already done well enough to guarantee a sequel, but they probably hoped that it would do better if only to set the stage for the next film.

Bruce Hall: I agree completely - studios are learning to factor international gross into their strategy but this doesn't mean you don't want North Americans to step up to the plate for you. This is a pretty lopsided cume so far, but I don't expect anyone involved to have any trouble sleeping over it. After all, leave it to Spielberg to be the one who finally produces a mo-cap film that doesn't scare people or make them violently ill.

I suppose next, he'll cure cancer. And then of course, George Lucas will ruin it for everyone.

Max Braden: This clearly looks way too French to appeal to American audiences. The only way you're going to get stateside viewers for a project like this is to get Michael Bay into motion capture animation.

Brett Beach: I made a very bold prediction about the international to domestic gross a few MMQBs ago for the Adventures of Tintin and it may take until the final tally to see if I am as right as I hoped to be. This is pulling less international and slightly more domestic than I would have thought, which goes to show how little this would have made here if there weren't last names of Jackson and Spielberg involved. There will probably be an upswing all around if Jackson does indeed helm the next one.

Reagen Sulewski: I think it's noble of studios to look outside North America for ideas for franchises, but you can't manufacture a fan base over night (anyone remember those Asterix movies? Anyone? No?). But it's a big world out there, and with as much money as this made internationally, I think we're going to see people run with the idea of making movies specifically for Europe.

David Mumpower: I understand why people are pessimistic about this result, but $63 million is a total I consider close to best case scenario all things considered. This is a strange looking movie that has absolutely impenetrable trailers. In the War Horse conversation, we spoke of the drawing power of Spielberg's name. What I take from this performance is that even if we add Peter Jackson as a selling point, most people still largely decided this wasn't worth their time. Call $63 million a win.

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