The Jackie Robinson biopic 42 debuted atop the weekend box office with $27.3 million, while Scary Movie V was second with $15.2 million.
Scary Movie V only cost $19.5 million, but that opening is far below the $40 million that Scary Movie 4 made in its debut.
Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/14/42-is-the-weekend-box-office-champ
The Joes were back in full force at the weekend box office, with G.I. Joe: Retaliation debuting with an estimated $132 million worldwide. Domestically, it finished in first place with $41.2 million, the second largest March opening on record. The sequel/reboot has made a total of $51.7 million at home including Thursday screenings.
Proving it’s no Twilight, the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host bowed with a mediocre sixth place opening of $11 million. Meanwhile, Tyler Perry’s Temptation finished strongly in third place.
Here are the weekend box office estimates via Rentrak:
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Sam Raimi’s prequel Oz the Great and Powerful remained the No. 1 movie in North America for the second weekend in a row. Its global total to date is an estimated $281.8 million.
Debuting in second place was the Halle Berry thriller The Call, while the star-studded comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone wasn’t magical in its meek third place opening.
Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies
Sam Raimi’s prequel Oz the Great and Powerful enjoyed the year’s biggest box office debut with an estimated $80.3 million, the third-highest March opening. Oz also earned $69.9 million overseas to bring its worldwide debut total to roughly $150.2 million.
The Colin Farrell-Noomi Rapace revenge thriller Dead Man Down opened in fourth place.
Here are the weekend box office estimates via Rentrak:
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies