The latest Keanu Reeves sci-fi thriller, the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, dominated weekend box office activity as the film raked in a hefty $31 million in its debut, against an $80 million budget. That’s not bad, especially considering foreign box office has already added an additional $39 million to bring the movie to a combined box office total of $70 million; the film ought to reach profit mode by next weekend.

Still, Day vastly underperformed compared to the Will Smith sci-fi epic from last year, I Am Legend, which enjoyed a $77 million debut. Of course, there are several reasons for the drop. First, Keanu Reeves is no Will Smith. Second, the film went for cinematic spectacle and abandoned the human drama of the original. Third, the film had a painful, Algore-and-His-Zittohead-Chorus agenda that overshadowed the thriller aspects of the flick. And finally… did I mention Keanu Reeves is no Will Smith?

The rest of the box office was underwhelming. Four Christmases came in second with $13.2 million; Twilight stayed strong at third with an additional $8 million, bringing its one-month total to $150 million domestic, plus $34 million overseas, for a grand total of $184 million against its original $37 million budget. All that with no stars, no sex, and no violence to speak of. Pretty nice story.

Below the top three, the so-called office furniture of releases were pretty underwhelming, with Bolt, Australia and 007 Quantum of Solstice coming in spots four, five and six, with dismal totals.

Day was the only freshman offering to do well this weekend; Nothing Like the Holidays came in seventh and barely managed to rake in $3.5 million. But the biggest disappointment had to be the no-push-or-ad-campaign-at-all animated film, Delgo, which opened without a peep on over 2,000 screens and couldn’t even manage a million, coming in at sixteenth place.