"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" had every reason to fail and flop much like its bumped 2012 tentpole predecessor "Jack The Giant Slayer" which audiences turned their noses up to earlier this year. Like 'Jack' the film was pushed off its initial release date and drew bad publicity for its delays and talk of reconstituting characters that were once killed off. In fact, it was almost worse; 'Retaliation's last-minute delay was just five weeks before its debut last summer. Taken out of its initial date (promoted with a pricey Super Bowl spot more than a year ago) the film landed in March of this year. And while inflation plus 3D-enhanced prices, couldn't help the film surpass the $54.7 million opening of "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" in 2009, the release frames make it somewhat of an apples to oranges comparison and a $51.7 domestic million opening (and a $80.3 million international debut for global debut of $132 million) is not too bad all things considered....
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