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UPDATE: “The Karate Kid” Kicks Box Office Competition

A-Team Box Office Bradley Cooper Get Him to the Greek Jackie Chan Jaden Smith Jessica Biel Karate Kid Killers Liam Neeson Shrek Forever After The A-Team The Karate Kid

9:50 am, June 13th, 2010

BOX OFFICE

(Columbia Pictures)

UPDATE – 6/13/10

The Karate Kid did even better than expected, doubling the box office take of The A-Team.

Kid looks to have made $56 million compared to A-Team‘s $27 million.

As expected, Shrek Forever After lost its top spot after three weeks in first place with an estimated $16 million in tickets sales.

Next was Get Him to the Greek, which earned $10 million in its second week.

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In a battle of 1980s retreads, The Karate Kid chopped down The A-Team.

Early projections put the martial arts reboot, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, at about $52 million for the weekend, snatching the box office crown from Shrek Forever After following the lovable ogre’s three straight victories.

The Karate Kid debuted to $18 million on Friday, according to estimates.

Meanwhile, the Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel big screen version of The A-Team is set to open in second place with roughly $27 million. It earned under $10 million on its first day.

As of now, what was expected to be a close race between two new releases is an easy romp for the Kid.

Shrek fell to third with an estimated $17 million take, while holdovers Get Him To The Greek ($9.5 million) and Killers ($8 million) round out the top 5.

Gossip Cop will have more refined numbers as the weekend progresses.

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