Michael Jackson’s This Is It

As people tell us time and time again, box-office performance is in the eye of the beholder. Box Office Mojo wrote that Michael Jackson’s This Is It, in its debut weekend, did “exceptionally well for a concert picture or music documentary.” On the other hand, Disney’s A Christmas Carol “stumbled a bit out of the gate.” Guess which one made $30 million and which one pulled in $23 million in its opening weekend. Yep. The stumbler made more.