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That would film&#8217;s opening tally notably below that of &#8220;John Carter,&#8221; the 2012 bomb to which &#8220;Jack&#8221; has been vastly compared.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, its first place finish was secured by virtue of other films similarly failing to perform this weekend.  Poorly-reviewed &#8220;21 and Over,&#8221; promoted as something of a cross between &#8220;Project X&#8221; and &#8220;The Hangover,&#8221; earned only $3.3 million Friday.  Set to gross less than $10 million for the weekend, its opening take will be significantly less than that for both &#8220;X&#8221; and &#8220;Hangover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Last Exorcism Part II&#8221; opened to $3.3 million, which represents a considerable decline from the $9.4 million mark posted by the first film in the summer of 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Jack and the Giant Slayer,&quot; &quot;21 and Over&quot; Start Slowly at Box Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Jack and the Giant Slayer&quot; will easily win the weekend box office battle, but its actual gross will significantly disappoint. 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