Weekend Box Office Report: 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Stands Tall Among New Releases

Posted 5:02 PM March 3rd, 2013 by Logan Falk

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Last week’s new releases did relatively well at the box office this weekend—they at least made it to the top spots on the charts, which is more than can be said for some of the groups of releases of previous weeks.

Of the new releases, Jack the Giant Slayer fared the best at the theaters, making a sum of just over $28 million. Given its lukewarm reception, this is certainly a respectable showing.

The next highest earnings went not to a new release, but a holdout that refuses to quit: Identity Thief, which made $9.7 million, for an impressive total of $107.4 million so far.

Unfortunately, this means that the opening weekend grosses for the other new releases fell behind the earnings for a month-old road-trip comedy. 21 and Over made $9 million over the weekend, which soundly beat out the $8 million earned by The Last Exorcism Part II. As unappealing and unoriginal as critics made 21 and Over sound, it apparently still had more appeal than a disappointing horror film sequel (all numbers from Box Office Mojo.

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