Weekend Box-Office Report (April 19-21, 2013)

The sci-fi adventure "Oblivion" starring Tom Cruise ranked first in the box-office for the weekend of April 19-21, grossing $38 million, which is not bad at all, but the film was actually a much bigger hit on international markets where it grossed $112 million. The film had a budget of $120 million, so I'd say they're in the safe zone.

Continuing its succesful run is the Jackie Robinson biopic "42" starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford, which maintained a steady rythm, despite slipping down to #2. Its current weekend gross adds to a total of $54 million versus a budget of $40 million. Another awesome achiever is the animated feature "The Croods", still at #3 for a second consecutive week with a domestic gross of $154 million and a worldwide total of $426 million (budget $135 million). I sense a sequel coming soon.

"Scary Movie 5" continued to drop, currently situated at #4 with $6 million over the last 3 days, which brings its flimsy domestic total to $22 million. Foreign earnings are even worse ($3 million). Although it didn't cost that much to make (budget: $20 million), it's still a sign that the franchise needs to die or get rebooted somehow.

"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" rounds up the top 5 with $5.7 million over the weekend and a domestic total of $111 million. Once again, the international earnings are much healthier ($211 million), but overall the total gross covers all expenses (budget: $130 million).


More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.

New Wide Releases: "Oblivion".

Biggest Drop : "Evil Dead" (-56%)

Smallest Drop : "The Croods" (-27%)

Rank	Title	Weekend	Domestic	Foreign	Budget	Days
1	Oblivion	$38M	$38M	$112M	$120M	3
2	42	$18M	$54M	N/A	$40M	10
3	The Croods	$9.5M	$154M	$272M	$135M	31
4	Scary Movie 5	$6M	$22M	$3M	$20M	10
5	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	$5.7M	$111M	$211M	$130M	25
6	The Place Beyond the Pines	$4.7M	$11M	N/A	$15M	24
7	Olympus has Fallen	$4.5M	$88M	$5M	$70M	31
8	Evil Dead	$4.1M	$48M	$13M	$17M	17
9	Jurassic Park 3D	$4M	$38M	$5.8M	$10M	17
10	Oz the Great and Powerful	$3M	$223M	$254M	$215M	45

 

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