LOS ANGELES – Movie fans slipped into Oblivion as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That domestic haul comes on top of $33.7 million Oblivion added in overseas markets, where the film began rolling out a week earlier. Oblivion raised its overseas total to $112 million and its worldwide receipts to $150.2 million.
Though many people Friday were caught up in coverage of the manhunt for the suspect in the Boston Marathon explosions, it seems to have had little effect on how the film fared.
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Oblivion took in $13.3 million on opening day Friday and $14.9 million on Saturday. That 12 per cent increase is not unusual for big new releases, which typically do better business on Saturday than Friday.
The previous weekend’s top film, the baseball drama 42, held up well, slipping to second-place with $18 million in its second weekend. The Jackie Robinson biography starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford raised its domestic total to $54.1 million and is on its way to the $100 million mark, said Dan Fellman, Warner’s head of distribution.
Overseas, G.I. Joe: Retaliation got a lift with $40 million, most of it coming from a $33 million debut in China. The action sequel has topped $200 million internationally and $300 million worldwide.
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