Box Office - 'Australia,' 'Punisher' Becoming Holiday Bombs

The big story at the box office right now isn't what's on top, but rather what's stinking up the joint. Four Christmases will win its second straight weekend and Twilight will finish in second place - look for them to make about $19 million and $14 million respectively - but Australia and the new release Punisher: War Zone simply aren't finding audiences.Australia, the new Baz Luhrmann epic, opened over the Thanksgiving weekend and in its first ten days has only made $26 million. For a movie with a price tag over $125 million, that's a terrible showing. At best, it can hope to recoup about one-third of its budget with U.S. receipts. On Friday, Australia made $2.4 million, according to Box Office Mojo estimates, which was good enough for fourth place, but the trend is not good for the expensive, expansive period piece.Punisher: War Zone, which obviously has a much smaller budget, nonetheless can't be considered a success early on, finishing Friday in sixth place, despite being the only new release in over 1,000 theaters. With its paltry $1.6 million opening day, Punisher might make $5 million this weekend, $7 million if it's really lucky. That would indicate an overall gross in the $15 - $20 million range, which clearly isn't enough to keep the franchise going.On the other end of things, Quantum of Solace will be over $150 million by Sunday night, and Twilight might make it to $140 million. We'll have complete weekend numbers tomorrow.

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[Petrov]

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[Lionel]

I heard there was going to be a trilogy of 'Australia' type films from the director, probably referencing the characters of the first film. Maybe the next two will be better.