LOS ANGELES — Zac Efron has taken the box-office crown from his Disney teammate Miley Cyrus. Efron’s comedy “17 Again,” in which he plays the youthful version of a middle-aged man magically transformed to high school age, debuted as the top weekend movie with $24.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Universal had the No. 2 movie with Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck’s Washington thriller “State of Play,” which pulled in $14.1 million. Crowe plays a reporter investigating a series of deaths linked to an old college friend (Affleck) who’s now a rising star in Congress.
Cyrus’ “Hannah Montana: The Movie” slipped from first place to fourth with $12.7 million, finishing just behind DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which took in $12.9 million. The Associated Press
