'Oz' Takes Box Office, Halle Berry Takes Phone Calls in a Wig
Your weekend box office:
1. Oz: The Great and Powerful - $42.2 million, a strong second weekend that already gives the film over $145 million domestic. Turns out it was a pretty good idea to update James Franco with coattails.
2. The Call - $17.1 million, exceeding all expectations for a film in which Halle Berry accepts phone calls in a wig.
3. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - $10.3 million. Sorry, Steve Carell, but the world will not see you make light of professional illusionists.
4. Jack the Giant Slayer - $6.2 million. Kids just don't flock to Stanley Tucci movies like they used to.
5. Identity Thief - $4.5 million. Spoiler: Melissa McCarthy ends up being the thief.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Your weekend box office:
1. Iron Man 3 - $72.5 million, holding off Baz Luhrmann's new release to remain America's most important literary adaptation.
2. The Great Gatsby - $51 million, a strong debut despite its failing to take out last week's leader. It should hold up reaso... / Continue →
Your weekend box office:
1. Iron Man 3 - $175.3 million, making for the second-biggest opening ever behind The Avengers. People love Gwyneth Paltrow movies!
2. Pain and Gain - $7.6 million, once again proving The Rock to be our closest equivalent to a guy in an inhumanly-powe... / Continue →
While Iron Man 3 was out making $195 million overseas this weekend, here's what happened in the domestic box office:
1. Pain and Gain - $20 million. It's a weak opening by Michael Bay standards, but lucky for Michael Bay, he doesn't really worry all that much about standards.
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