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LOS ANGELES — Audiences sat still for Keanu Reeves’ sci-fi remake “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” making it the weekend’s top movie with a $31 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The movie updates the 1951 tale of an alien and his giant robot enforcer who come to Earth with a warning about the consequences of humanity’s destructive nature.
The Warner Bros. holiday romp “Four Christmases” slipped to second place with $13.3 million. The Reese Witherspoon- Vince Vaughn comedy raised its three-week take to $88 million.
The vampire romance “Twilight” came in third at $8 million. “Bolt” was fourth with $7.5 million. And “Australia” came in fifth at $4.3 million. The Associated Press
