Michael Bay's 'Pain And Gain' Earns Only A Fair $7.5M At Opening Day Box Office

Michael Bay's 'Pain And Gain' Earns Only A Fair $7.5M At Opening Day Box Office

$7.5 million for Michael Bay's Pain and Gain isn't a terrible opening day by any stretch, but it also doesn't offer any strong reactions. The weekend should be over/under $20 million, which is about what was projected. The Mark Wahlberg/Dwayne

Pain & Gain,” which opens tomorrow, is a brash, vulgar, exhilaratingly vigorous, spontaneously complex hoot of a true-crime movie.

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While Disney's “Iron Man 3? is rolling out with strong numbers abroad before its May 3 Stateside bow, American auds are showing an appetite for action with Paramount's newest Michael Bay-helmed film “Pain and Gain” earning $7.5 million at the domestic

Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star in Michael Bay's true-crime actioner about Miami body builders.