'Oblivion' obliterates box office rivals



LOS ANGELES- "Oblivion," a post-apocalyptic action flick starring Tom Cruise, obliterated the competition in its debut this weekend, taking in about $37.1 million, industry figures showed Monday.
The film earned more than a third of this weekend's box office revenue -- nearly 37 percent of the top 12 films, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations -- as it knocked last week's winner "42" off the top spot.



'Oblivion' obliterates box office rivals
"42," a biopic about trailblazing black baseball star Jackie Robinson, which stars Harrison Ford as the Brooklyn Dodgers executive who signed him, this week came in second place, with $17.7 million in ticket sales.
Stone-age cartoon "The Croods," from DreamWorks Animation, was third with $9.2 million, followed by "Scary Movie 5," the latest installment in the slasher-comedy franchise, which earned $6.2 million.
Action sequel "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," was fifth, with $5.8 million.
In sixth place was "The Place Beyond the Pines," starring Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, which earned $4.9 million.
Action thriller "Olympus Has Fallen," in which terrorists capture the White House and hold the president hostage, was in seventh place with $4.5 million.
"Evil Dead" -- a reinvention of Sam Raimi's cult 1981 film about a group of friends hunted by demons in the woods -- came in eighth with $4.1 million.
The 3D re-release of Steven Spielberg's 1993 dinosaur classic "Jurassic Park" took in just under $4 million for ninth place.
Rounding out the top 10 was Walt Disney's 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful," which this weekend earned $3 million for a seven-week total of $224 million.
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Tuesday, April 23rd 2013
AFP
           


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