Clock Out

Watchmen turns out to be a fanboy phenomenon. A huge one, but one that won't cross over. After dropping almost 70% in its second weekend, it'll have trouble making much more than $120 million domestic. Worse, superhero films don't do that well overseas, so worldwide totals for the $150 million film will be a huge disappoinment.

More interesting is a four-way race of little films that could. You've got Clint Eastwood's biggest hit ever, Gran Torino, at $144 million and almost played out. You've also got the could-have-gone-straight-to-video Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire at $133 million and far from over. Then there are the two out of nowhere January blockbusters, Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Taken. Blart's at $138 million and has some play left, and Taken is an old-fashioned word-of-mouth hit that barely drops week to week. It's already made $127 million and where it stops, nobody knows.