BOX OFFICE: “Argylle” dissects “Lisa Frankenstein,” Super Bowl Weekend is a Big B.O. Bust

Giving Diablo Cody’s “Lisa Frankenstein” a wide release was as good an idea as anybody had for this movie-going weekend.

No other titles — almost all January releases– are still drawing, the WGA and SAG strikes cut down on production for much of last year, Warners couldn’t be convinced to roll “Dune 2” out early (that might have been a smart play), and theaters need to stay in business until the summer season starts.

But the second meek weekend of Matthew Vaughn’s “Argylle” is marching over $6 million. That’s down 60% from its opening weekend. And the flop flingers at Focus Features could only manage $4 million and change for a “dated” and “edgy” Lisa F.” teen rom-com that isn’t much of anything.

Kathryn Newton heads a mostly unheralded cast (save for Carla Gugino). Nothing about that was ever going to draw.

“The Beekeeper” is still battling “Wonka” for leftovers, with each projected to pull in around $3.3, per Deadline.com.

And “Migration” is enjoying that animated family comedy field all to its itself for a bit longer, drawing $3 million in ticket sales on the weekend that much of America will be watching Taylor Swift watch her boyfriend battle the San Fran 49ers on TV.

This might be he worst Super Bowl weekend at the box office ever.

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Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine
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