Paramount had postponed the sequel to 2009's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" from its original June release in order to add 3D effects.
Stone-age cartoon "The Croods," DreamWorks Animation's latest family crowd pleaser voiced by Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone, dropped to second spot.
The feel-good film, about a prehistoric family battling with fire and other new inventions, took $26.5 million on its second weekend in theaters, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
New release "Tyler Perry's Temptation," starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross and Kim Kardashian, landed in the Number Three spot with $22.3 million.
With $14 million in box office receipts, the fourth spot went to action thriller "Olympus Has Fallen," a tale of terrorism in the US capital and a kidnapped president starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman.
In fifth was Walt Disney's 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful," which earned $11.6 million in its fourth week in theaters.
"The Host," a new action-adventure film adapted from the novel by "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer, made its entry in theaters by taking sixth spot with $11 million.
Seventh place went to "The Call," a thriller starring Halle Berry as a 911 operator trying to rescue a young girl who has been abducted. It earned $4.8 million in its second week, for fourth spot.
Tina Fey romantic comedy "Admission" dropped from fifth to eight spot, taking $3.3 million, followed by timely US vacation movie "Spring Breakers" with $2.8 million.
Rounding out the top 10 was "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," a comedy about rivalry among magicians starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey, earned $1.3 million during its third week in theaters.
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Stone-age cartoon "The Croods," DreamWorks Animation's latest family crowd pleaser voiced by Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone, dropped to second spot.
The feel-good film, about a prehistoric family battling with fire and other new inventions, took $26.5 million on its second weekend in theaters, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
New release "Tyler Perry's Temptation," starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross and Kim Kardashian, landed in the Number Three spot with $22.3 million.
With $14 million in box office receipts, the fourth spot went to action thriller "Olympus Has Fallen," a tale of terrorism in the US capital and a kidnapped president starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman.
In fifth was Walt Disney's 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful," which earned $11.6 million in its fourth week in theaters.
"The Host," a new action-adventure film adapted from the novel by "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer, made its entry in theaters by taking sixth spot with $11 million.
Seventh place went to "The Call," a thriller starring Halle Berry as a 911 operator trying to rescue a young girl who has been abducted. It earned $4.8 million in its second week, for fourth spot.
Tina Fey romantic comedy "Admission" dropped from fifth to eight spot, taking $3.3 million, followed by timely US vacation movie "Spring Breakers" with $2.8 million.
Rounding out the top 10 was "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," a comedy about rivalry among magicians starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey, earned $1.3 million during its third week in theaters.
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