Your weekend box office:
1. Brave - $66.7 million, giving Pixar its 13th straight first-place opening. Congratulate them by reminding them not to gamble away this streak on another Cars movie.
2. Madagascar 3 - $20.2 million, the DreamWorks comedy falling to Brave as little reminder of the years-long rivalry between Pixar and David Schwimmer's voice.
3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - $16.5 million, forecasting bad news for Spielberg's upcoming Lincoln. That doesn't even have 3D vampires!
4. Prometheus - $10 million. Did you see it yet? We need to talk about how mankind's origins apparently lie in tall, muscular fetus men doing tar shots.
5. Rock of Ages - $8 million more donated to the campaign to keep Tom Cruise feeling youthful.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
May 13, 2013
Your weekend box office:
1. Iron Man 3 - $72.5 million, holding off Baz Luhrmann's new release to remain America's most important literary adaptation.
2. The Great Gatsby - $51 million, a strong debut despite its failing to take out last week's leader. It should hold up reaso...
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May 6, 2013
Your weekend box office:
1. Iron Man 3 - $175.3 million, making for the second-biggest opening ever behind The Avengers. People love Gwyneth Paltrow movies!
2. Pain and Gain - $7.6 million, once again proving The Rock to be our closest equivalent to a guy in an inhumanly-powe...
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April 29, 2013
While Iron Man 3 was out making $195 million overseas this weekend, here's what happened in the domestic box office:
1. Pain and Gain - $20 million. It's a weak opening by Michael Bay standards, but lucky for Michael Bay, he doesn't really worry all that much about standards.
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