Here’s your 3-day box office returns (new releases bolded):
1. Iron Man 3 – $ 72.4 million
2. The Great Gatsby – $ 51.1 million
3. Pain & Gain – $ 5.0 million
4. Peeples – $ 4.8 million
5. 42 – $ 4.6 million
6. Oblivion – $ 3.8 million
7. The Croods – $ 3.6 million
8. The Big Wedding – $ 2.5 million
9. Mud – $ 2.1 million
10 . Oz
LOS ANGELES — Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office.
Leonard DiCaprio’s “The Great Gatsby” partied like it was the Roaring ’20s with a $ 51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster “Iron Man 3.”
Studio estimates Sunday put “Gatsby” at No. 2 behind Robert Downey Jr.’s superhero sequel, which pulled in $ 72.5 million domestically to raise its total… Continue reading Weekend Box Office: 'Great Gatsby' Nabs $51M, Gives 'Iron Man 3' a Run for Its Money
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio attends “The Great Gatsby” premiere at Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio attends “The Great Gatsby” world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor Tobey Maguire, right, and wife Jennifer Meyer attend “The Great Gatsby” world premiere at
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