Ant-Man might not have been the sort of smash hit out of the box that Marvel has become accustomed to, but for a lower-tier character with a tough-to-sell concept, it’s still a success, notching up the company’s 12th consecutive first place opening with a healthy $58 million in the US, according to studio estimates.
Added to its foreign take of around $56.4 million, the film has $114.4 million globally after one weekend, which is especially good considering it was produced for around $130 million, roughly half of what it cost to make Avengers: Age Of Ultron. It appears the film went over well with moviegoers, so expect it to stick around for a while.
Last week’s champ, Minions, held on well, falling just one place to second and adding an impressive $50.2 million, pushing it past $216 million in just its second week of release. And Universal, which distributes the little yellow fellows’ films, had yet more reason to celebrate as Judd Apatow’s latest, Trainwreck, opened strong in third, beating expectations to earn $30.2 million. The film, written by and starring Amy Schumer, handed Apatow his second biggest opening after Knocked Up, while also confirming Schumer as a bona fide star. The studio, meanwhile, took another box office record, becoming the faster ever company to reach $5 billion globally in a year.
Inside Out continued to perform, adding $11.6 million in fourth and crossing $300 million, only the third Pixar film (after Toy Story 3 and** Finding Nemo**) to do at the US box office, with its total now standing at $306.4 million. Fifth place went to the reigning 2015 box office champ overall, as **Jurassic World **roared past yet another milestone – with $11.4 million in the bank this weekend, it now has $611.1 million, marking it out as the fastest film to cross $600 million.
Terminator Genisys fell to sixth place, earning $5.4 million, while Magic Mike XXL slipped to seventh and $4.5 million. At eighth, The Gallows earned $4 million, ahead of** Ted 2 **at ninth with $2.7 million and $77.4 million so far in the States. The underperforming comedy sequel has now earned $143.4 million globally, compared to the original’s more than $549 million. And finally, making a strong debut in the charts despite a screen count of 363, **Mr. Holmes **arrived in tenth place, earning $2.4 million.
To see a tiny Paul Rudd win out over small yellow creatures in the full chart listings, head to Box Office Mojo.