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Michael Bay‘s Pain & Gain starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson topped the domestic box office with $20 million on the final weekend before summer tentpoles begin rolling out. Overseas, however, Iron Man 3 opened to a mammoth $195.3 million, bigger than last year’s The Avengers and boding well for the threequel’s domestic launch on May 3. The top …

Despite Tom Cruise’s horrific acting and poor audience reviews,  sci-fi pic Oblivion opened to $38.2 million at the domestic box office to come in No. 1 after a better-than-expected performance. Overseas, the Universal pic continued to please, grossing $33.7 million in its second weekend for an international cume of $112 million and worldwide total …

The rousing baseball biopic 42, from Warners and Legendary, scored at the weekend box office, batting in an estimated $27.3 million at the North American box office. 42 recounts the career of Jackie Robinson. The film was written and directed byBrian Helgeland (A Knight’s Tale), and stars Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as the Brooklyn Dodgers general …

The low budget remake of Sam Raimi‘s 1981 cult horror film Evil Dead earned a better-than-expected $26 million in its domestic bow for a No. 1 finish. Overseas, the pic took in $4.5 million from its first 21 markets for a worldwide debut of $30.5 million. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of …

A bumbling prehistoric family and a terrorist takeover of the White House galvanized weekend moviegoers as new entries The Croods and Olympus Has Fallen took the top two spots at the North American box office. Croods opened to a solid $44.7 million from 4,406 theaters after receiving a pleasing A CinemaScore. That’s welcome news forJeffrey Katzenberg‘s DreamWorks Animation, whose …

Oz stayed at No. 1 in its second weekend, earning $42.2 million for a domestic total of $145 million — the top gross of 2013. Sam Raimi’s tentpole took in another $46.6 million overseas for a global haul of $281.8 million. The film easily beat newcomers “The Call” and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” both …

Breathing life into the beleaguered box office, Sam Raimi‘s  Oz the Great and Powerful took in an impressive $80.3 million in its North American debut. Disney and producer Joe Roth hope to launch a family-friendly franchise with Oz, which scored the top North American debut of 2013 as well as the third-best March opening of all time after …

There was no fairy tale ending for Bryan Singer’s 3D fantasy-adventure Jack the Giant Slayer at the weekend box office, where the year’s first big-budget tentpole topped the domestic chart with a dismal $28 million. While the film took the top spot at the box office, it performed much worse than expected and must …

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” has surpassed the billion dollar milestone at the worldwide box office. The joint announcement was made today by Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema; Gary Barber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. …

Melissa McCarthy’s Identity Thief  reclaimed the top spot at the domestic box office in its third weekend, narrowly besting Dwayne Johnson‘s new action-thriller Snitch with $14.1 million and pushing the Universal comedy’s total to $93.7 million. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, February 24 are as follows: RANK TITLE DISTRIBUTOR NAME …