Identity Thief Steals Box Office Again

9:20 am, February 24th, 2013

BOX OFFICE

(Universal)

Identity Thief stole a slow box office this Oscars Weekend.

The Jason BatemanMelissa McCarthy comedy earned $13.5 million, which was enough to beat second place finisher, Dwayne Johnson’s new release Snitch, which took in $13.2 million.

The Julianne HoughJosh Duhamel romance Safe Haven came in third with $10.8 million.

Alien family film Escape From Planet Earth and Bruce Willis’ action sequel A Good Day to Die Hard took fourth and fifth places with $10.4 million and $9.3 million, respectively.

Rounding out the Top 10 were alien thriller Dark Skies ($8.5 million), Oscar contender Silver Linings Playbook ($5.7 million), zombie romance Warm Bodies ($4.5 million), the supernatural Beautiful Creatures ($3.6 million), and pharmacological drama Side Effects ($3.4 million).

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Snitch Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Goes Undercover To Save Son

9:59 am, January 27th, 2013

TRAILER

(Summit)

Dwayne Johnson stars in Snitch as a dad who infiltrates a drug cartel as an undercover informant in order to free his son, who’s been wrongly accused of a major crime.

It looks intense, and is “inspired by true events.”

Susan Sarandon, Benjamin Bratt and Barry Pepper also star.

The movie opens in February.

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