Iron Man 3, The Great Gatsby top U.S. box officeMay 13, 2013 - 12:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Super-hero blockbuster sequel "Iron Man 3" stayed on top at the U.S. box office after it's mega debut a week earlier, but "The Great Gatsby" was also a power player, industry estimates showed Sunday, May 13, AFP reported. On its second weekend in U.S. theaters, "Iron Man 3," starring Robert Downey Jr as the title character, took in $72.5 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. Added to its take since it opened last weekend with $175.3 million, the second biggest box office debut ever , the comic book superhero flick has now racked up a total of $284.9 million. But "The Great Gatsby," starring Leonardo Di Caprio in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of the literary classic, was a respectable number two, with $51.1 million in box office receipts in its opening weekend. The rest of the movies in the week's top ten trailed far behind, with action-comedy "Pain and Gain," starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, earning a comparatively paltry $5 million for third place. In the fourth spot, romantic comedy "Peeples," starring Craig Robinson as a boyfriend who initially fails to impress the tony family of his girlfriend, played by Kerry Washington, took in $4.9 million. Not far behind was "42," a biopic about trailblazing black baseball star Jackie Robinson, which made $4.7 million for fifth place. The sixth spot, with $3.9 million, went to "Oblivion," the post-apocalyptic action flick starring Tom Cruise, followed by "The Croods", a stone-age cartoon in seventh, with $3.6 million. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |