Is the new Karate Kid movie with Jackie Chan and Will Smith's son defying all

[OCDSportsGuy]

expectations? what do you think? I have not seen it yet, and probably won't because the remake will never top the original, and I hate the fact that Will Smith's son is in it, and Jackie Chan will never replace Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi. I'm not racist because of Will Smith's son, it's just that I think that he is too young to play the lead role, they should have waited until he was in his late teens or early 20's, just like Ralph Macchio was in the original. I was expecting the movie to Flop just like Ralph Macchio predicted. Ralph Macchio even said ""It feels pretty good that some people are pretty angry that they're trying to remake The Karate Kid. It feels good that the public feels you don't touch certain things. Some times you go back to that, and probably shouldn't. From my personal view, the filling the void of what Mr. Miyagi was - and the magic of that character - is going to be the toughest task. I (also) don't know where the romantic story-arc goes (with Smith's Daniel) at that age."
I can't believe that some people are saying it's the number one movie in America, and I've heard some comments saying in some ways it's better than the original, I find that ridiculousy hard to believe.