Your weekend box office:
1. Skyfall - $87.8 million--the biggest Bond opening of all time, thanks to strong marketing and the continued popularity of the most recent incarnation(s) of the spy, twins Daniel and Dylan Craig.
2. Wreck-It Ralph - $33 million, continuing to WRECK the box office! Not that much, actually. It just seemed like the thing to write.
3. Flight - $15.1 million. That would buy so much Budweiser: King of Drunk Pilot Beers!
4. Argo - $6.7 million. So, is Argo still "the sleeper hit of the fall movie season" or is it now Flight? I need to know what I'm talking about when "the sleeper hit of the fall movie season" comes up.
5. Taken 2 - $4 million. Six weeks in and still resolutely takening our money like it's a kidnapped family member.
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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