Audiences said "awww, hell, no!!" to Will Smith's new movie After Earth as the M. Night Shyamalan-directed sci-fi film underperformed at the weekend box office.

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Fast & Furious 6 $34.5 million Now You See Me $28.1 million After Earth $27 million Star Trek Into Darkness $16.4 million Epic $16.4 million The Hangover Part III $15.9 million Iron Man 3 $8 million The Great Gatsby $6.3 million Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani $1.7 million Mud $1.2 million

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While no movie was expected to displace reigning champ Fast & Furious 6 as the No. 1 at the North American box office this weekend, After Earth was projected to debut in second place in the $35-40 million range. Instead, it bowed in third place with $27 million behind Now You See Me, which opened with a surprising $28.1 million."For nearly two decades, every summer film starring Will Smith has opened at No. 1 , an enviable run (Made in America debuted at No. 2 in 1993)," THR recalled. Even Wild Wild West debuted with more and at No. 1."That's in between last year's notorious sci-fi bombs John Carter ($30.2 million) and Battleship ($25.5 million). It's also half of MIB 3 ($54.6 million) and The Karate Kid ($55.7 million), which were the last two movies from Will and Jaden, respectively," according to BoxOfficeMojo . "After Earth debuts in most overseas next weekend, and Sony is hoping that Will Smith's international drawing power will help make up for the limp domestic debut. Over $200 million should be doable, though that still puts After Earth firmly in the John Carter/Battleship realm."Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak Listen to last week's Keepin' It Reel podcast (with a guest appearance by After Earth director M. Night Shyamalan) for our box office predictions.