Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D-Release Bombs in Theaters

Finally, for what it's worth, Terminator 2: Judgment Day returned to theaters this weekend, via 463 3D auditoriums. The James Cameron action classic earned around $275,000 yesterday for what will likely be a $880k weekend. That's not good, even by the standards of 1980's and 1990's classics doing the 3D reissue thing. Top Gun 3D (which also played in IMAX) earned $1.9 million in its opening weekend in 2013 while Raiders of the Lost Ark earned $1.6m via same in 2012. And that's not even counting much bigger and more high-profile reissues (Titanic, The Lion King, Jurassic Park, etc.) over the last several years. Nonetheless, the reissue, which was dominated at the last moment by James Cameron's "controversial" Wonder Woman comments, will push the picture's domestic total over $205m.