On its third weekend, it surpassed I Am Legend for #2 at the box office, but still ranked behind National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Its second weekend was $28.2 million, behind National Treasure: Book of Secrets and I Am Legend. The film grossed $44.3 million in 3,475 theaters its opening weekend averaging to about $12,750 per venue, and placing second at the box office behind I Am Legend. Box office Īlvin and the Chipmunks was released in North America on December 14, 2007.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave it two stars out of four, saying it is 'about as good as a movie with these characters can probably be.at some level, the movie may even be doing something satirical about rock stars and the hype machine.' The critics for The Guardian and The Observer were split, with Philip French saying it is a 'film that kids will love and adults will find tolerable' and Peter Bradshaw giving it one star out of five and calling it a 'thoroughly brain-dead semi-animated family comedy'. performer, if only by default, during a holiday season surprisingly short on kidpics' and noted that 'homevid prospects are huge' the home video prediction later proved to be accurate. Joe Leydon of Variety called the film a 'harmless and frequently humorous trifle that might be a potent B.O. The site's critical consensus reads: 'Though cutely rendered, Alvin and the Chipmunks suffers from bland potty humor and a rehashed kids' movie formula.' On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, the film is considered to have 'generally unfavorable reviews' with a rating score of 39 based on 23 reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 28% based on 109 reviews, with a rating average of 4.5/10. Jane Lynch as Gail, Dave's advertising boss.Cameron Richardson as Claire Wilson, Dave's ex-girlfriend.