Weekend Box Office: April 12 - 14

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  42 - $27.2 million

2.  Scary Movie 5 - $15.1 million

3.  The Croods - $13.2 million

4.  G.I. Joe: Retaliation - $10.8 million

5.  Evil Dead - $9.5 million

6.  Jurassic Park 3D - $8.8 million

7.  Olympus Has Fallen - $7.2 million

8.  Oz The Great and Powerful - $4.9 million

9.  Tyler Perry's Temptation - $4.5 million

10.  The Place Beyond the Pines - $4 million

In baseball terms, this weekend was a home run for 42.  The Jackie Robinson biopic scored an estimated $27.2 million in theaters - the highest opening ever for a baseball film - and earned a stellar "A+" Cinemascore from audiences, which should keep it going strong in theaters at least until summer movie season kicks off at the end of the month. 

Way back in second place was Scary Movie 5, which flatlined with $15.1 million, the lowest opening for the franchise.  Even the $15 million it managed to scare up is embarrassing, to be honest.  Who's still seeing these movies? 

Families are still loving The Croods, which earned another $13.2 million, bring its domestic total up to $142 million.  G.I. Joe: Retaliation crossed the $100 million mark this weekend with $10.8 million, although it's still lagging behind the first G.I. Joe film at the same point in release.  Meanwhile, last week's champ, the remake of Evil Dead, had a predictable horror movie plunge and dropped 63%, but still managed to earn a solid $9.5 million.

In limited release, The Place Beyond the Pines - starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper - earned $4 million in just 514 theaters. 

Next weekend sees the release of Tom Cruise in Oblivion, which has already grossed an excellent $61 million overseas.  With virtually no new competition to fight off, it should clean up here as well.