JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Tops Tepid Weekend Box Office

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Tops Tepid Weekend Box Office JACK THE GIANT SLAYER topped this weekend's tepid box office, climbing to a ho-hum $28 million.

Bryan Singer's 3D action adventure, starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy and Ewan McGregor, reportedly had a budget of just over $200 million. Its weekend victory was undoubtedly a small one.

Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for The First Time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them.

IDENTITY THIEF, starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, continues to be a box office powerhouse, taking in another $9.7 million, bumping its three week total to just north of $107 million. It took the no. 2 spot this weekend.

In third was Relativity Media's new release 21 AND OVER, written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, came in third with $9 million. 21 AND OVER follows straight-A college student Jeff Chang who has always done what's expected of him. But when his two best friends Casey and Miller surprise him with a visit for his 21st birthday, he decides to do the unexpected for a change, even though his critical medical school interview is early the next morning. It stars Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin and Sarah Wright.

THE LAST EXORCISM PART II, during its debut weekend, managed to scare up a measily $8 million, taking the fourth spot. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's latest action flick, SNITCH, grossed an additional $7.7 million, bumping its two-week total to $24.4 million.

Rentrak announced the box office rankings for this weekend (March 1-3). Check out the top 12 below:

1	Jack The Giant Slayer	Warner Bros.	$28,010,000	$28,010,000
2	Identity Thief	Universal	$9,706,150	$107,433,255
3	21 And Over	Relativity Media	$9,000,000	$9,000,000
4	Last Exorcism Part II, The	CBS Films	$8,030,000	$8,030,000
5	Snitch	Lionsgate	$7,700,000	$24,410,339
6	Escape From Planet Earth	The Weinstein Company	$6,726,000	$43,213,050
7	Safe Haven	Relativity Media	$6,300,000	$57,093,483
8	Silver Linings Playbook	The Weinstein Company	$5,941,000	$115,520,639
9	Good Day To Die Hard, A	20th Century Fox	$4,500,000	$59,624,041
10	Dark Skies	The Weinstein Company	$3,556,000	$13,452,687
11	Warm Bodies	Lionsgate	$2,650,000	$62,009,674
12	Life Of Pi	20th Century Fox	$2,300,000	$116,943,016