Two new films tanked at the box office this weekend, resulting in the lowest ticket sales in more than a decade.
The Words, a romance thriller starring Bradley Cooper, opened with just $5 million. The movie at least performed better than the debut of The Cold Light of Day, an action film starring Henry Cavill, that bombed with a dismal $1.8 million. Overall, North American ticket sales amounted to only $67 million - the lowest sum since the second weekend after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when the take was just $59.4 million.
Receipts were down 18 per cent from the same weekend last year.
