Box Office Recap: April 28th 2013

This week in the Box Office was a minuscule one, despite a fantastic outing overseas for Iron Man 3. By fantastic I mean Iron Man 3 has already made 192 million which eclipse the overseas numbers by The Avengers. With it being the obvious number one next week we take a look at the first and last time Pain and Gain will reign supreme in the Box Office.

1. Pain and Gain 20 million

Though not a huge number by Michael Bay standards, Pain and Gain is not your average Michael Bay film. When making a rated R film, the box office numbers are usually much less due to the restrictions on ticket sales. Luckily its low budget (25 million) makes Pain and Gain a sure fire success. Even though it won't be touching the cash that his Transformers films had. Despite it's relatively poor reviews Pain and Gain has done enough in the box office to warrant being made. (Read our review here: Pain and Gain Review)

2. Oblivion 17 million

The Tom Cruise sci-fi film has now raked in 64 million domestic and 198 million world wide. Oblivion will have a hard time matching Joseph Kosinski's other film Tron: Legacy which grossed 400 million world wide. Oblivion is reported to have a 120 million dollar budget, which makes its gross acceptable at least, despite it's look warm reviews. (Read ours here: Oblivion Review)

3. 42 10 million

The Jackie Robinson biopic 42 pulls in another 10 million, leaving its domestic total around 69 million. Which doesn't sound a lot but is the highest grossing April film. It will probably be passed by Oblivion in the long run unless Iron Man 3 crushes Oblivion's intake next week and beyond.

4. The Big Wedding 7 million

An atrocious opening weekend for a film with such high profile stars. Not Robin Williams or Robert DeNiro could muster up enough audience to make this film relevant. It doesn't help that it has overwhelmingly bad reviews and its genre isn't big sellers either. It may have a chance to pass its 35 million budget but it won't be enough to call it a success.

5. The Croods 6 million

This animated film is hanging in there adding another 6 million dollars, bringing its total to 168 million dollars domestically. It should cross the 500 million dollar world wide mark by the end of the upcoming week. Animated movies are always big sellers and this first one of the year has really held strong. It only solidifies the fact that Monsters University and Despicable Me 2 will make serious bank.

6-10

The bottom 5 films consist of G.I Joe 2, Scary Movie 5, Olympus Has Fallen, Place Beyond the Pines and Jurassic Park 3D. None of which made enough money to crack the top 5.