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Based on Friday results, at least, the Summer box office slump seems to be drawing to an end this weekend.Sci-fi action movieopened in first place with an exceptional $17.1 million haul. Meanwhile,outperformed modest expectations, though it will probably still fall short of $30 million this weekend.'s $17.1 million debut is significantly higher than Angelina Jolie 's, which took in $12.5 million on opening day in July 2010. More impressive is the fact thatopened nearly on par with action sequelsand(both around $18.4 million).The Scarlett Johansson flick did receive a poor "C+" CinemaScore, which suggests word-of-mouth will be mixed. Still, it's guaranteed to earn at least $43 million this weekend, and could wind up near $47 million.Playing at 3,595 theaters,opened to an estimated $11.05 million on Friday. That's roughly equal to the $10.6 million that last month'searned on opening day. However, it's a bit lower than Dwayne Johnson 's($12.6 million) and 2012's($12.3 million). For the weekend,will take in $28 to $30 million.Going in to its third weekend,fell a steep 55 percent to $4.7 million. The movie passed $160 million yesterday, and should earn around $16 million this weekend.plummeted 74 percent to $3.4 million. In comparison, the firstfell 82 percent at the same point. Meanwhile,dropped 57 percent, whilefell 67 percent.Opening at 1,762 theaters, Michael Douglas Diane Keaton rom-comearned a weak $1.36 million. Meanwhileopened to $513,000 from 432 theaters.1.$46 million2.$29 million3.$16 million4.$10 million5.- $9 million