Today's News: Our Take - Box Office: G.I. Joe: Retaliation Dominates
G.I. Joe: Retaliation muscled its way to the top of the weekend box office, hauling in a whopping $41.2 million and knocking The Croods out of the No. 1 spot. The sequel's debut marks the second highest Easter weekend opening ever, after 2010's Clash of the Titans , and is the highest debut ever for Bruce Willis, Box Office Mojo reports.
The Croods dropped off nearly 40 percent from its opening weekend to land in second place with $26.5 million, while Tyler Perry's Temptation debuted in third place with $22.3 million.
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Rounding out the top five were Olympus Has Fallen with $14 million and Oz the Great and Powerful with $11.6 million.
Young adult science fiction film The Host opened in sixth place with $11 million and coming in seventh was The Call , which netted $4.8 million.
After a lackluster opening last weekend, the Tina Fey/Paul Rudd comedy Admission fell to No. 8 with $3.2 million. Spring Breakers ($2.7 million) and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ($1.3 million) closed out the Top 10.
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