Harrison Ford has weighed in to last weekend's box-office fight: Cowboys & Aliens vs The Smurfs , telling talk show host Conan O'Brien he is 'annoyed' by Smurfs
In a close run battle, John Favreau's comic-book movie narrowly beat the little blue characters to the top spot, as Cowboys & Aliens notched up $36.4m while The Smurfs took $35.6m.
“I thank you very much ea💧ch and every one of you,” Ford told the show's audience following applause on his entrance, following up with, “Where ꦫwere you this weekend?”
In a brilliantl⛄y deadpan interview with O'Brien, the act💟or then feigned his dislike for the characters created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo.
O'Brien: “Your movie did fine, you w🌼ere tied for fir☂st,”
Ford: “We didn't tie, we beat them. By alm♍ost a lot of money.&rd💝quo;
O'Brien: “Beat which movie?”
Ford😼: “The thing with the little – I can't remember the name of it.&𝓡rdquo;
O'Brien: “Let me refresh your memory, it's called The Smurfs .”
Ford: “OK. So what? So what!?”
O'Brien: “That's what I'm saying. You beat The Smurfs so what are you complain𓆉ing about, your movie did fine?&♏rdquo;
Ford: “And it's going to do good next w🅷eekend, unless there's a Muppets movie coming💝 out.”
O'Brien: 💮“I'm sensing some anger here, are you🌺 angry at The Smurfs?”
Ford: “Yeah. Yeah.”
O'Brien: &l💜dquo;Harrison Ford is angry at The Smurfs? You're💦 an icon.”
Ford: “I'm annoyed.”
O'Brien: “You're annoyed by The Smurfs? Well we're all annoyed by The Smurfs. Would you take your kids to see The Smurfs if they asked you to? 'Daddy, daddy, take us to see The Smurfs .'”
Ford: “My wife took my son to see The Smurfs . He got into my movie for free early.”
O'Brien: “That's the movie that was up against you this last weekend so some of the money that went to The Smurfs came from your son. That d♔oesn't༺ seem right, I'd be mad if I was you.”
🤡Ford🔴: “We're going to try and get it back.”
Ford needn't worry, The Muppets isn't out until 23 November in the US.
O'Brien also joked about The Smurfs in his open𒁏꧒ing monologue, in a piece about America's economic crisis.
“The deal reached by President Obama and Congregational leaꦛders would raise the debt cei🔜ling until the year 2013. Here's the best part: it prevents another Smurfs movie until the year 2014.”
