<i>Evil Dead</i> Buries <i>G.I. Joe</i>

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Evil Dead Buries G.I. Joe

By TJ Diestch

Published Apr 8, 2013

Fede Alvarez's remake of Evil Dead took the top spot at the North American box office over the weekend, beating out G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Croods and Jurassic Park 3D.

Last weekend, Paramount Pictures' G.I. Joe: Retaliation not only took the top spot, but also earned $41 million, plus an extra $10 thanks to an early Thursday opening. However, the film couldn't make a repeat performance, and wound up losing the box-office throne to Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead, grossed $26 million domestically and $30.5 million worldwide.

Although it slipped to the No. 2 spot, Retaliation still earned $21.1 million, which put it neck and neck with DreamWorks Animation's The Croods. The only other "new" release to crack the Top 5 was Universal's 3D re-release of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, which made just shy of $18.3 million. Olympus Has Fallen also dropped from fourth to fifth after earning $10 million.

This week's new films include the Jackie Robinson biopic 42 as well as the horror comedy Scary Movie 5. The Scary Movie films have been huge box office performers earning $150 million collectively on their previous opening weekends and $428 million total.