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"Snow White" zaps "Men in Black" at box office

(Reuters) - "Snow White and the Huntsman," a dark take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, broke the spell of lackluster performances by big-budget films this summer season, grabbing $56.3 million in its first weekend in theaters and beating "Men in Black 3" in Hollywood's weekly box office race.
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(Reuters) - "Snow White and the Huntsman," a dark take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, broke the spell of lackluster performances by big-budget films this summer season, grabbing $56.3 million in its first weekend in theaters and beating "Men in Black 3" in Hollywood's weekly box office race.

In its second week in theaters, "MIB 3," starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as dark-suited secret agents who save the world from aliens, collected $29.3 million to finish second.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Eric Beech)