I would never have thought that a film about the lives of African-American domestics (which some believed was not a very accurate portrayal) would have the strength to hold off a box-office assault from not only the greatest barbarian in cinema, but also a vampire, but “The Help” has managed to overwhelm both “Conan, The Barbarian” and “Fright Night ” over the weekend.

Executives at Lionshead–the studio that released ‘Conan’ were left wondering what happened, and why their relaunch of the Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery saga displayed so little strength at the box office, though what’s even more shocking is that despite the weakness of ‘Conan,’ it still outperformed “Fright Night.”