Pamela McClintock of THR:
Tom Cruise's sci-fi pic Oblivion opened to $38.2 million at the domestic box office to come in No. 1 after a better-than-expected performance and despite a B- CinemaScore. Overseas, the Universal pic continued to please, grossing $33.7 million in its second weekend for an international cume of $112 million and worldwide total of $150.2 million.
The movie marks the actor's best North American opening outside of the Mission: Impossible franchise, not accounting for inflation.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy), Oblivion co-stars Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo. Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark produced. The pic cost Universal and Elliot Inc. at least $120 million to produce.
Adult male moviegoers fueled Oblivion, making up 57 percent of the audience.
Cruise's track record domestically has been mixed. Jack Reacher debuted to $15.2 million in December on its way to earning a so-so $80 million in North America. Conversely, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol, opening to $29.6 million in December 2011, turned into a box-office monster, grossing nearly $700 million worldwide.
Sci-fi is a familiar genre for Cruise, who starred in War of the Worlds and Minority Report, both directed by Steven Spielberg.
Set in 2077, 60 years after Earth has been destroyed by aliens, Oblivion follows one of the last humans stationed on the planet as he uncovers a troubling secret.
Universal decided to get a jump on the beginning of the crowded summer box office by opening Oblivion now. The studio has gone aggressively after males by advertising during major sporting events including the NCAA's March Madness.
Speaking of sports, Legendary and Warner Bros.' Jackie Robinson biopic 42 continued to score strong numbers in its second weekend, declining a slim 34 percent to come in No. 2 with $18 million. The baseball drama's 10-day domestic total is $54.1 million.
Expanding nationwide into more than 1,500 theaters this weekend is Derek Cianfrance's indie drama The Place Beyond the Pines, starring Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling. The film, from Focus Features and Sidney Kimmel, placed No. 6 with $4.7 million and pushing the pic's total to $11.4 million
Below are the top 10 estimates for the April 12-14 weekend at the domestic box office.
1. Oblivion, 1/3,783, Universal, $38.2 million
2. 42, 2/3,250, Warners/Legendary, $18 million, $54.1 million
3. The Croods, 5/3,435, Fox/DreamWorks Animation, $9.5, $154.9 million
4. Scary Movie 5, 2/3,402, The Weinstein Co., $6.3 million, $22.9 million
5. G.I. Joe: Retaliation, 4/3,175, Paramount, $5.8 million, $111.2 million
6. The Place Beyond the Pines, 4/1,542, Focus/Sidney Kimmel, $4.7 million, $11.4 million
7. Evil Dead, 3/2,823, Sony/TriStar/FilmDistrict, $4.1 million, $48.5 million
8. Olympus Has Fallen, 5/2,638, FilmDistrict, $4.5 million, $88.1 million
9. Jurassic Park, 3/2,330, Universal, $4 million, $38.5 million
10. Oz The Great and Powerful, 7/2,504, Disney, $3 million, $223.8 million
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