
Surprisingly, it turned out to be one of this summer's most fascinating box office battles, as Cowboys & Aliens and The Smurfs showed up for work on Monday morning in a dead heat for first place at the weekend box office. Later on in the day it would be revealed that Cowboys & Aliens ultimately won the weekend by very little margin ($36.4 million to $35.6 million), but not before those little blue retro dudes gave the cowboys and aliens a run for their money.
While appearing on the Conan O'Brien Show, Harrison Ford admitted that his wife (Calista Flockhart) had actually taken their son to see The Smurfs following a free screening of Cowboys & Aliens, later adding that they're doing to request their money back. Conan then handed Ford a Papa Smurf doll and told the actor to use it to get some of his frustrations out. Watch the video below to see what happened next ...