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Box Score: 42 hits a home run.
Connecting on an estimated $27.3 million opening weekend, the Jackie Robinson biopic 42 [42] out scored the competition at the weekend box office. The historical baseball film attracted an older audience that was 83% over the age of 25, while skewing slightly female at 52%. With excellent word of mouth, 42 should enjoy a long run.
Scary Movie V [SCAR5] debuted a distant second at $15.2 million. The horror spoof appealed to an young urban crowd that was 75% under 25.
Staying at the third spot, The Croods [CROOD] earned $13.2 million to bring its cumulative gross to $142.5 million.
G.I.JOE: Retaliation [GIJO2] finished fourth wtih $10.8 million to push its total to $102.4 million.
Evil Dead [EVILD] fell 63% in its second weekend to $9.5 million while fellow sohpomore film Jurassic Park 3D [JP3D] dropped 53% to $8.8 million.
Expanding to 514 theaters, The Places Beyond the Pine [TPBTP] banked $4.1 million.
| Rank | TITLE | F-S-S | TOTAL |
| 1 | 42 | $27,250,000 | $27,250,000 |
| 2 | SCARY MOVIE V | $15,153,000 | $15,153,000 |
| 3 | THE CROODS | $13,200,000 | $142,524,100 |
| 4 | G.I. JOE: RETALIATION | $10,800,000 | $102,426,000 |
| 5 | EVIL DEAD | $9,500,000 | $41,500,000 |
| 6 | JURASSIC PARK 3D | $8,820,150 | $31,929,315 |
| 7 | OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN | $7,283,000 | $81,889,814 |
| 8 | OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | $4,923,000 | $219,444,000 |
| 9 | TYLER PERRY'S TEMPTATION | $4,500,000 | $45,421,996 |
| 10 | THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES | $4,079,576 | $5,454,861 |
| 11 | THE HOST | $2,394,000 | $23,439,460 |
| 12 | THE CALL | $1,950,000 | $48,572,000 |
Tag(s): 42, SCAR5, CROOD, GIJO2, EVILD, JP3D, TPBTP
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