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'G.I. Joe' wins box office weekend

By Adnan Tezer Aug 10, 2009, 22:23 GMT

"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" won the weekend box office battle as it scored one of the best August openings of all time, grossing an estimated $56.2 million. Overseas, the film grossed $44.1 million from 35 markets.

According to Variety, the strong opening should encourage Paramount to go ahead with a sequel. Based around the Hasbro action figures, "G.I. Joe" was co-financed by Spyglass. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura produced the film, which cost a steep $175 million.

Paramount made headlines last week when it declined to screen the movie for critics, which is almost always a harbinger for a film that is certain to receive poor reviews. The studio contended that "G.I. Joe" didn’t need reviews, considering how well "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" did despite poor notices.

Elsewhere, older women bypassed "G.I. Joe" and flocked to Sony’s Meryl Streep-Amy Adams starrer "Julie and Julia," which grossed $20.1 million from 2,354 runs in its opening at the domestic box office to place second for the weekend.

Disney's 3D family feature "G-Force" finished third in its third weekend with $9.8 million and an $86.1 million cumulative.

Warner Brothers’ "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" finished fourth with $8.9 million for a domestic cumulative of $273.8 million.

Universal’s Judd Apatow-directed comedy "Funny People" fell a steep 65% in its second frame to an estimated $7.9 million from 3,008 runs for a cumulative of $40.4 million and a fifth place finish.

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