The summer movie season is really starting to get into high gear as we stepped into Oblivion two weekends ago, Pain & Gain this last weekend, Iron Man 3 this coming weekend and The Great Gatsby and Star Trek: Into Darkness the next two weeks consecutively. Not to mention, we had limited releases or smaller budget film like To the Wonder, The Place Beyond the Pines, Trance and Mud that’s been fun to see and review.
That being said, it was a pretty slow weekend at the box office this week. Pain & Gain topped the box office domestically with $20 million to take home 1st place. And with a budget of $26 million, it should be on its way to be profitable for Paramount. While Pain & Gain, didn’t do as well as perhaps they hoped for, it did fare better than Broken City, which starred Mark Wahlberg back in January. I however thought it was an underrated movie and was better than what it did at the box office.
In second place was Tom Cruise’s Oblivion, which dropped 53 percent to $17.4 million giving it a 10-day total of $64.7 million. While the Universal film seems unlikely to reach Cruise’s one-time benchmark of $100 million domestically, its $134.1 million international total lifts prospects considerably. 42 homered another $10.7 million while the romantic Comedy, The Big Wedding, flopped with just $7.5 million. Even with all the casting it had, it’s not a surprise as the story seemed dull and un-interesting.
Next weekend will be no contest when Iron Man 3 gets here domestically. Over the weekend they obliterated the box office overseas, only hyping this movie even more for us. It should be a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to reviewing it next weekend.
1. Pain & Gain – $20 million
2. Oblivion – $17.4 million
3. 42 – $10.7 million
4. The Big Wedding – $7.5 million
5. The Croods – $6.6 million
