In another slow weekend at the domestic box office, Screen Gems’ Monster Hunter managed to finally unseat The Croods, debuting at No.1 with $2.2 million. It was the first time in nine weeks that a movie from a studio other than Universal sat in the top spot.

The action-packed adaptation of the hit Capcom videogame starring Milla Jovovich and Ron Perlman unspooled in 1,736 theaters and earned a $1,267 per-screen average during its opening frame. The PG-13-rated film added $4.8 million overseas, giving it a $7 million cumulative worldwide haul. Monster Hunter reunited Jovovich with the director of her popular Resident Evil films, Paul W.S. Anderson, who seems to know how to make films that appeal to audiences, if not critics.

In the runner-up slot, Universal and DreamWorks’ animated sequel The Croods: A New Age dipped -34.7% in its fourth week, pulling in $2 million in North America this weekend. The PG-rated film, which features the voices of Nicolas Cage,
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