Fox 's ` ` The Kid '' dropped a relatively mild 10 percent for $ 39.1 million . ` ` John Wayne '' collected an estimated $ 30.6 million this weekend . Other films that reportedly cost around $ 250 million include `` Spider-Man 3 , '' `` Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , '' `` Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides , '' and `` Avatar , '' and those four movies debuted to an average of $ 99 million . Animal House , '' an R - rated shot - in - one - take horror flick , debuted to a quiet $ 7 million .
Fox 's ` ` The Kid '' dropped a relatively mild 10 percent for $ 39.1 million . ` ` John Wayne '' collected an estimated $ 30.6 million this weekend . Animal House , '' an R - rated shot - in - one - take horror flick , debuted to a quiet $ 7 million .