The Wolverine has debuted at the top of the US box office.
The Hugh Jackman-starring X-Men spinoff earned $55 million in its first weekend on release. It was outgrossed by 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which took $85 million on release in 2009, but emerged level with X-Men: First Class‘s debut domestic weekend.
Vera Farmiga’s The Conjuring has stormed the US weekend box office chart.
The horror movie stars Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston, and focuses on a family who are terrorized by ghosts in a secluded home.
Debuting at number one, the film earned $41.5m, pushing last week’s winner Despicable Me 2 into second place with $25m.
The new animated film Turbo also made its debut this weekend, coming in at third place with $21.5m.
Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups 2 dropped two spots to number four with $20m, while Helen Mirren and Bruce Willis’s sequel Red 2 came in at number five with $18.5m in ticket sales.
Ryan Reynolds’ R.I.P.D. had a dismal premiere at number seven, making only $12.7m. It cost $130m to make.
The Heat, World War Z and Monsters University round out the top ten.
The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Conjuring – $41,530,000
2. (1) Despicable Me 2 – $25,059,000
3. (-) Turbo – $21,500,000
4. (2) Grown Ups 2 – $20,000,000
5. (-) Red 2 – $18,500,000
6. (3) Pacific Rim – $15,955,000
7. (-) R.I.P.D. – $12,763,000
8. (4) The Heat – $9,325,000
9. (7) World War Z – $5,200,000
10. (6) Monsters University – $5,005,000
Despicable Me 2 has maintained its lead at the top of the US box office.
Steve Carell’s animated family caper holds off two new entries – Grown Ups 2 and Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim – which enter the standings in second and third place respectively.
The Heat and Johnny Depp’s The Lone Ranger round out the top five.
There are no further new entries in the lower half of the chart, with Man of Steel hanging on in tenth place in its fifth week of release.
The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Despicable Me 2 – $44,754,000
2. (-) Grown-Ups 2 – $42,500,000
3. (-) Pacific Rim – $38,300,000
4. (3) The Heat – $14,000,000
5. (2) The Lone Ranger – $11,140,000
6. (4) Monsters University – $10,621,000
7. (5) World War Z – $9,430,000
8. (6) White House Down – $6,150,000
9. (8) Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain – $5,000,000
10. (7) Man of Steel – $4,825,000
Steve Carell’s Despicable Me 2 has stormed the US weekend box office chart.
The animated sequel stars the voice talent of Carrell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt and Russell Brand, and this time focuses on Carell’s character Gru helping the Anti-Villain league defeat a new criminal mastermind.
The movie debuted at number one, earning $82.5m, making it one of the highest Independence Day debuts of all time.
It fared far better than Johnny Depp’s The Lone Ranger, Disney’s highly-anticipated action western that debuted in second place with a disappointing $29.4m. The movie cost $215m to make.
Rounding out the top five are Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock’s The Heat, Monsters University and Brad Pitt’s World War Z.
Comedian Kevin Hart’s Let Me Explain premiered at eighth place, earning $10.1m, coming in above This is the End and Now You See Me.
The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Despicable Me 2 – $82,518,000
2. (-) The Lone Ranger – $29,432,000
3. (2) The Heat – $25,000,000
4. (1) Monsters University – $19,590,000
5. (3) World War Z – $18,200,000
6. (4) White House Down – $13,500,000
7. (5) Man of Steel – $11,415,000
8. (-) Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain – $10,100,000
9. (6) This is the End – $5,800,000
10. (7) Now You See Me – $2,770,000
Monsters University has topped the US weekend box office charts for the second week in a row.
Pixar’s movie prequel scared off competition from new entries such as The Heat and White House Down, taking an estimated $46.1 million over the weekend.
Sandra Bullock’s The Heat debuts in second place on $40 million, with Brad Pitt’s World War Z dropping one place to third position.
White House Down opens at number four, with Superman movie Man of Steel rounding out the top five.
The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Monsters University – $46,100,000
2. (-) The Heat – $40,000,000
3. (2) World War Z – $29,800,000
4. (-) White House Down – $25,700,000
5. (3) Man of Steel – $20,820,000
6. (4) This is the End – $8,700,000
7. (5) Now You See Me – $5,500,000
8. (6) Fast & Furious 6 – $2,410,000
9. (9) Star Trek Into Darkness – $2,040,000
10. (7) The Internship – $1,425,000