Tom Cruise’s Oblivion has topped the US box office on its first weekend on release.
The science fiction blockbuster debuted to $38 million to top the chart ahead of baseball drama 42. Oblivion‘s opening haul is Cruise’s biggest opening since 2006’s Mission: Impossible III.
The Croods, DreamWorks’s latest animated movie, holds its place at number two, while horror spoof Scary Movie 5 slips down two places to four. GI Joe: Retaliation rounds out the top five.
Elsewhere, The Place Beyond the Pines is the biggest chart climber as it leaps up four places to number six. The Ryan Gosling drama expanded its theatre count and added $4.75 million to its box office takings on week four on release.
The US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (-) Oblivion – $38,152,000
2. (1) 42 – $18,025,000
3. (3) The Croods – $9,500,000
4. (2) Scary Movie 5 – $6,296,000
5. (4) GI Joe: Retaliation – $5,775,000
6. (10) The Place Beyond the Pines – $4,745,900
7. (7) Olympus Has Fallen – $4,500,000
8. (5) Evil Dead – $4,100,000
9. (6) Jurassic Park 3D – $4,000,000
10. (8) Oz the Great and Powerful – $3,048,000