( EW ) -- `` Jack the Giant Slayer '' ( CinemaScore : B+ ) picked up significantly over the weekend , earning a $ 28 million opening on 3,525 screens . This is better than it was tracking on Friday , likely due to the fact that families waited until the weekend to see the film . Still , it 's nowhere near what the movie needed to take in on its opening weekend , and will likely not even come close to making up for its almost $ 200 million budget . Review : 'Jack the Giant Slayer ' To put a little perspective on this March weekend , the same timeframe last year had an animated opening and an R-rated party movie that fared much better than `` Jack '' and `` 21 and Over '' ( in third place ) : `` Dr. Seuss ' The Lorax '' opened at $ 70.2 million and `` Project X '' at $ 21.1 million . As the first $ 100 million movie of 2013 , `` Identity Thief '' made $ 9.7 million in its fourth weekend in theaters . Down 31 percent from last weekend , Universal 's Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy comedy picked up eight new theaters . If it was n't obvious that `` Identity Thief '' was a runaway success , the R-rated movie has already made three times its opening weekend . Paul Feig and company should be anxious to find out if the McCarthy/Sandra Bullock vehicle `` The Heat '' will boast similar profits when it opens in June . Review : '21 and Over ' `` 21 and Over '' ( CinemaScore : B ) had a $ 9 million opening weekend in 2,771 locations , with a $ 3,248 per screen average . Directed by first time directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore , Relativity 's $ 13 million party movie should be able to make back its budget , but it is surely disappointing that the film came in at less than half of `` Project X 's '' opening weekend . `` Project X '' dropped off 47 percent in its second weekend , and , if `` 21 and Over '' follows that trend , it will at least slide past the $ 13 million mark . Although `` The Last Exorcism Part II '' ( CinemaScore : C- ) was tracking pretty similarly to `` 21 and Over '' on Friday , the poorly rated horror film lost a little steam over the weekend , bringing in only $ 8 million in 2,700 locations , with a $ 2,974 location average . The first `` Last Exorcism '' opened in late August 2010 at $ 20.4 million . Though it only ended up making twice that in its lifetime , with a $ 1.8 million budget , it 's no wonder CBS Films thought that they might be able to repeat Lionsgate 's success . So far , `` Part II '' has made up its $ 5 million production budget , and surpassed the $ 3 million that CBS Films spent acquiring it , but considering the poor reviews and similarly bleak CinemaScore , it 's very unlikely that it will hit the margins of the first film . Rounding out the top five is Summit Entertainment 's `` Snitch . '' Down 41 percent in its second weekend , the $ 7.7 million weekend brings the Dwayne Johnson action flick to $ 24.4 million total . 1 . `` Jack the Giant Slayer '' -- $ 28 million . 2 . `` Identity Thief '' -- $ 9.7 million . 3 . `` 21 and Over '' -- $ 9 million . 4 . `` The Last Exorcism Part II '' -- $ 8 million . 5 . `` Snitch '' -- $ 7.7 million . Park Chan-wook 's R-rated thriller `` Stoker '' also opened in seven theaters for a $ 158,822 weekend , with a $ 22,698 location average . This is the first English language film for the South Korean director ( `` Old Boy '' ) , and was co-produced by Ridley Scott , Tony Scott , and Michael Costigan . The movie stars Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
`` Jack the Giant Slayer '' earned a $ 100 million opening on 5 screens . It 's nowhere near what the movie needed to take in on its opening weekend . Jack the Giant Slayer '' , '' meanwhile , is the first $ 28 million movie of weekend .