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was positioned as the first major blockbuster of 2013, and its opening weekend didn't disappoint.The fantasy prequel scored $79.1 million, which is by-far the highest debut so far in 2013. Meanwhile,became the latest violent R-rated movie to die a quick death.The Top 12 earned $128.3 million, which is up six percent from the same frame last year whenwas the top opener at just over $30 million.'s $79.1 million from 3,912 locations is over twice as high as's $34.6 million, and is the strongest debut sincestarted off with $84.6 million in December. It's also the third-highest opening ever for March, and the fifth-highest ever during the pre-Summer months.The movie's opening looks very strong against nearly all comparable titles aside from its most similar movie,, whose overwhelming box office success clearly incentivized Disney to move forward with. At the same in time in 2010,opened to an incredible $116.1 million, which is 45 percent higher than's debut.ultimately went on to earn over $334 million at the domestic box office, and more than $1 billion worldwide.never had much of a chance of matching, though, for a handful of reasons. First,was the first major 3D release following, meaning the format was at its most-popular.'s 3D share wound up being 70 percent, whereas's was only 53 percent (10 percent IMAX). Also,'s Johnny Depp Tim Burton combination was a potent one, andjust couldn't bring the same amount of star power to the table. Finally, whileearned a ton of money, it turned some audiences off with its use of excessive CGI, and previews at least made it appear likeutilized an almost identical approach.To get over $80 million, though, is huge accomplishment for, and credit goes to Disney for doing a strong job leveraging the brand's iconic imagery while still presenting a unique story for moviegoers to latch on to. The audience wound up skewing slightly female (52 percent); surprisingly, families only made up 41 percent of attendance, while couples accounted for 43 percent.Even though its "B+" CinemaScore is a tad underwhelming, it's still a foregone conclusion thatwill make it to $200 million by the end of its run.In second place,plummeted 64 percent to $9.8 million. That drop is noticeably worse than's 55 percent dip at the same point last year.has now earned $43.6 million, and if it plays out likefrom here it will wind up below $60 million.In its fifth weekend,eased 35 percent to $6.3 million, which allowed the Jason Bateman Melissa McCarthy comedy hit to remain in the Top Three. To date, the movie has earned an excellent $116.5 million, and by this time next week it will have passed director Seth Gordon 's previous comedies($117.5 million) and($120.1 million).took fourth place this weekend with a terrible $5.35 million. Among 2013's awful action debuts, that's above($4.55 million) but worse than($6.3 million) and($7 million). It's also distributor FilmDistrict's second-lowest nationwide opening ever ahead of 2011's($5.1 million).The movie was sold as a generic revenge thriller, and this is unfortunately the kind of opening that goes along with that distinction. Unsurprisingly, the audience was overwhelmingly male (60 percent) and older (75 percent were 25 years of age or above). They gave the movie a middling "B-" CinemaScore, which suggests word-of-mouth isn't going to help out much.is the latest in a 2013 epidemic of nationwide releases opening below $10 million; out of the 30 nationwide debuts so far this year, 16 of them have debuted below that level. Only one of those titles——will wind up cracking $30 million, which helps explain why 2013 box office is in such a dour state.Rounding out the Top Five,added $5.1 million. Through three weekends, the Dwayne " Dwayne Johnson " Johnson thriller has earned a decent $31.9 million.fell 42 percent to $5.09 million this weekend, which is a decent second-weekend decline for a younger-skewing comedy like this. Unfortunately, it's still only gross $16.9 million so far, which is a pretty lousy 10-day tally.dropped 59 percent to $3.17 million. Through 10 days, the horror sequel has earned $12.1 million, and by the end of its run it won't even be able to match its predecessor's $20.4 million debut.Roadside Attractions released World War II dramain to 260 locations this weekend, and it managed to score a fine $1.01 million. That's about twice as high as last weekend's, which had over four times as many locations.Box Office Mojo