Box office: 'Identity Thief' back on top, beating 'A Good Day to Die Hard'
Jason Bateman, left, and Melissa McCarthy star in "Identity Thief." As of Sunday, "€œIdentity Thief"€ is the biggest hit so far in 2013, with a cumulative total of $ 93.7 million viewers. Universal Pictures NEW YORK — A week after losing the box office title to Bruce Willis, Melissa McCarthy took it back again.
McCarthy's road trip comedy "Identity Thief" topped the box office in its third week of release on Oscar weekend with $ 14 million for Universal. 20th Century Fox's "A Good Day to Die Hard," starring Willis, slid to fifth with $ 10.1 million.
The top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:
1. "Identity Thief," Universal, $ 14,017,085, 3,222 locations, $ 4,350 average, $ 93,619,615, three weeks.
2. "Snitch," Lionsgate, $ 13,167,607, 2,511 locations, $ 5,244 average, $ 13,167,607, one week.
3. "Escape From Planet Earth," Weinstein Co., $ 10,682,037, 3,353 locations, $ 3,186 average, $ 34,812,699, two weeks.
4. "Safe Haven," Relativity Media, $ 10,454,713, 3,223 locations, $ 3,244 average, $ 47,916,356, two weeks.
5. "A Good Day to Die Hard," Fox, $ 10,165,633, 3,555 locations, $ 2,860 average, $ 51,967,897, two weeks.
6. "Dark Skies," Weinstein Co., $ 8,189,166, 2,313 locations, $ 3,540 average, $ 8,189,166, one week.
7. "Silver Linings Playbook," Weinstein Co., $ 5,750,866, 2,012 locations, $ 2,858 average, $ 107,176,012, 15 weeks.
8. "Warm Bodies," Lionsgate, $ 4,825,388, 2,644 locations, $ 1,825 average, $ 58,243,441, four weeks.
9. "Beautiful Creatures," Warner Bros., $ 3,608,333, 2,950 locations, $ 1,223 average, $ 16,570,598, two weeks.
10. "Side Effects," Open Road Films, $ 3,357,039, 2,070 locations, $ 1,622 average, $ 25,099,555, three weeks.
-- The Associated Press
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