It was a bit of a surprising roundup this weekend at the Box Office. It seems that America wanted to share it’s love for it’s favorite past-time by checking out the Jackie Robinson film, 42. The movie raked in $27mil and beat out the other premiere, Scary Movie 5; which only brought in $15mil. The rest of the Box Office also ended up pushing G.I. Joe: Retaliation past the $100mil mark, making it an official blockbuster!
| Title | Weekend | Total | |
| 1. | 42 | $27,250,000 | $27.2 |
| 2. | Scary Movie 5 | $15,153,000 | $15.1 |
| 3. | The Croods | $13,200,000 | $142.5 |
| 4. | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $10,800,000 | $102.4 |
| 5. | Evil Dead (2013) | $9,500,000 | $41.5 |
| 6. | Jurassic Park 3D | $8,820,000 | $31.9 |
| 7. | Olympus Has Fallen | $7,283,000 | $81.8 |
| 8. | Oz the Great & Powerful | $4,923,000 | $219.4 |
| 9. | Tyler Perry’s Temptation | $4,500,000 | $45.4 |
| 10. | The Place Beyond the Pines | $4,079,000 | $5.4 |
The rest of the films in the top 10 rounded out with Tyler Perry’s Temptation and The Place Beyond the Pines both making around $4mil. Next week, we have Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski’s return to cinema’s with, Oblivion; which is expected for a $40mil opening weekend. Stay tuned here to DFAT to find out what happens!
~Chaz
