After week after week of big blockbuster cinematic premieres and multi-million dollar first-weekend box office takes, the studio estimates for the weekend of June 20-22 are thoroughly unremarkable, even with the introduction of everyone’s favorite CONTROL agent, Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, to the big screen.

Though I only bother dealing with U.S. box office openings (for an Aussie, this is extremely hard to bear, but necessary, considering you Yanks have a large population in addition to having a lot of money, unlike many of the other large populations), it is a poor showing when a movie such as Get Smart can only rake in $39 million over the weekend period.

What is even sadder is that Get Smart also managed to top the box office charts.

Starring The Office‘s Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway (*drool*) as Agent 86 and Agent 99, respectively, Warner Bros. surely had hoped to pull in a better showing with this fan favorite. However, as I mentioned, after weeks of blockbuster hits, maybe the movie-going public was just too tired and broke too see another movie.

Kung Fu Panda and The Incredible Hulk> filled spots 2 and 3, respectively, pulling in $21 million apiece. What is interesting though, but not overly surprising, is that Hulk dropped from 1 to 3, whereas Panda just hung smartly in at number 2, most likely enjoying a return visit from many of the youngsters.