"Now, how the film performs worldwide - and whether it has any summer``legs""- should go a long way toward determining the franchise's cinematic fate."
"J.J. Abrams' ode-to-Spielberg``Super 8""was second with ($ 21.3-million) and``Mr. Popper's Penguins""( $18.2-million debut) was third, according to Box Office Mojo."