Box Office Report: 'Snitch' Edges Past 'Identity Thief' to Win Friday With $4.14 Million

The new Dwayne Johnson action-thriller will likely fall to No. 2 for the weekend; micro-budgeted horror entry "Dark Skies" opens at No. 4 with $3.1 million.

The domestic box office continued to see lackluster results on Friday as new action-thriller Snitch narrowly beat holdover comedy Identity Thief with $4.14 million.

Snitch, headlining Dwayne Johnson, is the latest in a glut of action pics. The Lionsgate movie might have a hard time beating Identity Thief for the weekend, as box-office observers expect Snitch to gross $11.5 million, compared with $13.4 million for Universal's Identity Thief.
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