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Sunday, April 14, 2013

'42' tops weekend box office

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "42," $27.3 million. (Review by The Associated Press' David Germain: '42' a classy but tame telling of Jackie Robinson tale, features fine effort from Harrison Ford)
2. "Scary Movie 5," $15.2 million ($3.5 million international).
3. "The Croods," $13.2 million ($25.5 million international). (Review by The AP's Christy Lemire: Semi-prehistoric script cliches hurt, don't sink 'The Croods')
4. "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," $10.8 million ($15.6 million international). (Review by The News-Herald's Mark Meszoros: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' ditches most of original cast Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, loses fight)
5. "Evil Dead," $9.5 million ($2.9 million international). (Review by The AP's John DeFore: ‘Evil Dead’ remake should please new, old fans)
6. "Jurassic Park" in 3-D, $8.8 million ($1.3 million international). (Review by Meszoros: Release of ‘Jurassic Park’ in 3-D shows it’s no dinosaur)
7. "Olympus Has Fallen," $7.3 million. (Review by Meszoros: 'Olympus Has Fallen' doesn’t quite crumble from weight of outlandish story, excessive violence)
8. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $4.9 million ($5.2 million international). (Review by Lemire: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' a prequel that won’t really wow old or new fans)
9. "Tyler Perry's Temptation," $4.5 million.
10. "The Place Beyond the Pines," $4.1 million ($2.2 million international).

— The Associated Press

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