What's next for Sony in wake of 'After Earth'?

Ever since Independence Day's $50.2 million debut on July 4th weekend in 1996, Will Smith has been the undisputed king of the summer box office. He's led films like Men In Black; Bad Boys II; I, Robot; and Hancock toThe two films are expected to stay in a close race for the weekend in a major blow for Smith; Sony is counting on the sci-fi adventure to make up ground overseas.It cost a little more than half what "After Earth" took to make and has an ensemble cast with no A-list stars, meaning few people in Hollywood expected the thriller to be the weekend's biggest new film. The movie, which features Jesse Eisenberg andBut in After Earth, which stars Will Smith, the adventure-flick vision of the future without other people looks less ideal. Hidden deep in the "muscular" science-fiction film, says director M. Night Shyamalan, are the lessons of

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