Monday, April 1, 2013

Box Office Report: 'G.I. Joe' Opens Worldwide to Muscle-Bound $132 Million

Tyler Perry's thriller "Temptation" opens to sultry $22.3 million domestically, while Stephenie Meyer's "The Host" is so-so; "Place Beyond the Pines" soars at the specialty box office with $67,546 location average.

Jon M. Chu's G.I. Joe: Retaliation opened to a pleasing $132 million at the worldwide box office, one of the best showings ever for the Easter holiday and marking the top international debut of the year so far.
G.I. Joe took in $80.3 million overseas and $51.7 million domestically, including $41.2 million for the weekend proper, the second-best domestic Easter gross behind the 2010 Clash of the Titans ($61.2 million). Internationally, G.I. Joe opened 10 percent ahead of Oz the Great and Powerful, which debuted earlier this month to $69.9 million.