“Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” Performs Far Below Expectations At North American Box Office

 Fans of Stieg Larsson’s original novel who may have gone to see David Fincher’s film adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo this weekend, may have noticed a few changes to the story, although more in terms of what was left out than what was stuck in.

The film though, despite being highly anticipated, is failing to live up to expectations so far.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo pulled in a weak $4.6m on Friday and is expected to gross just $15.1m Friday-Sunday.

That is considerably less than the $26.5 million that Sony Studios had forecast for the highly anticipated, $90m action film.

Probably the biggest change that readers will pick up on is in the ending of the film, where two strands of the narrative have been fused into one.

“I wasn’t trying to do something different or trying to fix something,” says screenwriter Steven Zaillian.

“I just thought it was a good idea. when I read the book, I thought, ‘Why are we going so far afield for this mystery to be resolved? Might it be a little more interesting if it’s solved a little closer to home?’ That’s all there was to it. I kind of felt it was right for the character.”

Have you seen the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and if so what did you think?

Check out the official trailer below: