'Croods' And 'Olympus' Lead Solid Weekend Box Office

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[url="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704241/the-croods-box-office.jhtml"][b]FROM MTV NEWS[/b][/url]

This past weekend at the box office proved once again that it's hard to beat a colorful, computer-animated family film.

[url="""][img]http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:891318?width=512&height=320[/img][/url]"[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/436629/moviemain.jhtml"]The Croods[/url]," which tells the story of caveman family, led a surprisingly strong weekend at theaters, taking in $44.7 million and earning the top spot. The action flick "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/505807/moviemain.jhtml"]Olympus Has Fallen[/url]" with Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman earned a respectable $30.5 million and a second place finish.

"Spring Breakers" expanded to 1,000 screens over the weekend and added $5 million to its total. Though the numbers may seem small comparatively to the wider release of the week, consider that the indie film from director Harmony Kornine cost only $2 million to make.

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