Box Office: 'Men in Black 3' blasts away competition [Video]
After four weeks atop the box office, "The Avengers" finally had to settle for the runner-up position.
"Men in Black 3" dethroned the superhero flick, raking in $70 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. The movie ended up grossing around $203 million worldwide by weekend's end -- roughly $50 million less than industry projections had indicated the film would debut with.
Meanwhile, the low-budget horror flick "Chernobyl Diaries" had a dismal opening, collecting a weak $9.3 million. To make matters worse, the few moviegoers who saw the film hated it, assigning it an average grade of D+, according to market research firm CinemaScore.
There were some success stories in the independent film world, however. Both Wes Anderson's 1960s-set quirky dramedy "Moonrise Kingdom" and the French foreign-language film "The Intouchables" performed well in limited release.
For more on this week's hits and misses at the multiplex, check out our latest box office video report.
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--Amy Kaufman
Photo: Will Smith stars in "Men in Black 3." Credit: Sony Pictures
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