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Proving that despite the franchise fatigue derailing the last attempt to bring him back, Spider-Man can still deliver when handled properly, Spider-Man: Homecoming has launched with a a healthy $117 million opening in the States alone, according to studio estimates.

Knowing to stay well clear of the Marvel juggernaut (even if the studio only had a smaller part to play here), there were no competing wide releases. Which meant that most of the rest of the top 10 just shunted down one spot. Despicable Me 3 moved to second with $33.9 million (the franchise has made more than $3 billion collectively at this point), while Baby Driver was pushed to third on $12.7 million. Wonder Woman stayed in place at fourth, adding $10.1 million for a $368.7 million US total so far. And in fifth place was Transformers: The Last Knight, which earned $6.3 million, but is still seemingly relying on foreign business to keep it motoring along.

Sixth place went to Cars 3, which made $5.6 million, while comedy The House continued to disappoint, falling one place to seventh and $4.8 million. Hit indie comedy The Big Sick added screens and made the leap from 12th place to eighth, taking in $3.6 million and bringing its Stateside total to $6.9 million.

Ninth was shark thriller 47 Meters Down, which mustered $2.84 million, just ahead of The Beguiled, which earned $2 million in 10th place.

Check out the July 7-9 box office figures below:

1 – Spider-Man: Homecoming – $117 million
2 – Despicable Me 3 – $34 million
3 – Baby Driver – $12.7 million
4 – Wonder Woman – $10.1 million
5 – Transformers: The Last Knight – $6.3 million
6 – Cars 3 – $5.6 million
7 – The House – $4.8 million
8 – The Big Sick – $3.7 million
9 – 47 Meters Down – $2.8 million
10 – The Beguiled – $2.1 million

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It’s a big yellow victory for the minions this weekend, as Despicable Me 3 has won the US weekend box office battle.

Illumination and Universal’s animation opened to $75.4 million, making it the biggest hitter by a long way despite falling short of studio estimates, according to Variety.

New entry Baby Driver has also made its mark on the US box office, having earned $30 million since opening for previews last Tuesday (June 27), with $21 million coming from its opening weekend totals.

Meanwhile, the latest in the long-running Transformers franchise, The Last Knight, is in third place after earning $17 million during its second weekend.

It’s a pretty stark drop for the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg and opened last week to a franchise low opening week total.

Rounding out this week’s top five is Wonder Woman, which has been smashing records all over the place and took another $16.1 million, and Disney and Pixar’s Cars 3, which finishes up its third week of release with a $9.5 million total.

It’s not such good news for Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell’s new release The House, which debuted at number six this weekend and earned just $9 million.

Check out the June 30 – July 2 box office figures below:

1 – Despicable Me 3 – $75.4 million
2 – Baby Driver – $21 million
3 – Transformers: Last Knight – $17 million
4 – Wonder Woman – $15.6 million
5 – Cars 3 – $9.5 million
6 – The House – $9 million
7 – 47 Meters Down – $4.7 million
8 – The Beguiled – $3.3 million
9 – The Mummy – $2.8 million
10 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $2.4 million

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Despite being completely panned by critics, Transformers: The Last Knight has taken the top spot at the US box office on its first five days out.

But, before you go celebrating, it didn’t get anywhere near 2014’s Transformers: Age of Extinction opening weekend total.

The film took $69.1 million – with $45.3 million coming from the weekend – in its first week, and became the first Transformers movie not to open to $100 million or more, marking a franchise low.

2014’s Age of Extinction enjoyed an opening weekend total of $100 million, while 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon debuted with $162.6 million, $97.8 million of that from the three-day weekend.

But it’s not all bad news for The Last Knight, as although it suffered a franchise low in the US, it also managed to score a franchise high in China, picking up $47.9 million on its opening day.

This makes it the third highest opening day total for any release in China, and the only other films to earn more on day one have been the last two Fast and Furious films.

Transformers: The Last Knight did manage to knock Cars 3 off the top spot, though, with Pixar’s latest bringing in $25,175,000 in its second week of release.

And matching Cars 3‘s total this week was DC’s own hit film Wonder Woman, which finished the week at number three with another $25,175,000 to add to its already record-breaking run.

Transformers: The Last Knight marks the the final instalment of the franchise with Michael Bay as director and actor Mark Wahlberg who said this film was his last during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show.

That doesn’t mean the franchise is over though, as there are currently 14 more Transformers stories reportedly in the works, with the Bumblebee spin-off up first and aiming to start shooting in August.

This week’s US box office top 10 in full is as follows:

1. (-) Transformers: The Last Knight – $45,300,000
2. (1) Cars 3 – $25,175,000
3. (2) Wonder Woman – $25,175,000
4. (5) 47 Meters Down – $7,435,000
5. (3) All Eyez on Me – $5,850,000
6. (4) The Mummy – $5,836,900
7. (6) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $5,239,000
8. (7) Rough Night – $4,700,000
9. (8) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – $4,280,000
10. (9) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 – $3,000,000

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Cars 3 has had a roaringly successful opening weekend in theatres. The new Pixar movie, which follows Lightening McQueen trying to prove himself to a new age of cars, has got rather surprisingly good reviews after Cars 2 was panned by critics.

And now audiences have shown their favour for the 18th Pixar film (yes, it’s really been that many) too, after it raced to the top of the US box office, earning $53,547,000 in its debut weekend.

The impressive opening meant that Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman was knocked off the top spot after two weeks reigning supreme, although the DC film, which follows Amazon princess Diana as she tries to save the mortal world, still raked in a pretty impressive $40,775,000 this week.

Plus, its debut made it the highest earning female directed movie ever, and it is currently enjoying a US box office total of $274,601,730 after three weeks of release.

Another new entry, All Eyez On Me, came in at number three, earning $27,050,000. The biographical drama about Tupac Shakur, the rapper who was shot and killed in the 1990s, is performing better than expected at the box office.

Meanwhile, after being unable to knock Wonder Woman off its top spot with a disappointing debut last week, The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, slipped two spots in its second week of release, earning another $13,916,000.

47 Metres Down is another new entry this week and rounds out the top five by drawing in $11.5 million. The film sees two sisters get trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean.

Elsewhere in the top ten there are a couple of other familiar names, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge sitting at number six at the box office this week after earning another $8,458,000.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is still clinging on to the top ten after seven weeks of release too, earning a solid $4,982,000 to finish this week in the ninth position.

This week’s top 10 in full is as follows:

1. (-) Cars 3 – $53,547,000
2. (1) Wonder Woman –$40,775,000
3. (-) All Eyez on Me – $27,050,000
4. (2) The Mummy – $13,916,010
5. (-) 47 Meters Down – $11,500,000
6. (4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $8,458,000
7. (-) Rough Night – $8,040,000
8. (3) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – $7,350,000
9. (5) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 – $4,982,000
10. (6) It Comes At Night – $2,616,600

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Universal’s Dark Universe franchise hasn’t got off to the best start as The Mummy has made less money in its debut weekend at the US box office than Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman has made in its second.

Box Office Mojo reports that the monster movie, starring Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella, made $32,246,120 this week, while the Gal Gadot-lead superhero film raked in another $57,180,000.

It’s an especially good week for Wonder Woman too as the second week total means it’s held up better than previous DC films Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad before it.

While Wonder Woman saw a 45% drop in takings between weeks, both of those films suffered a 67% drop between their first and second week takings, with BvS making $51.3 million in week two and Squad making $43.5 million.

“It’s an extraordinary hold for an extraordinary film,” Jeff Goldstein, the distribution chief at Warner Bros, told Variety. “When you open up at this high level, to have only a 45% drop, you just don’t see it.

“This was so far outside of whatever norms we could find. There’s something unique about this character, and there’s something special about the movie Patty Jenkins made.”

At least The Mummy did better than Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. The children’s book adaptation made a less-than-epic $12,300,000 – but it did manage to outperform Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar’s Revenge) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Check out the June 9-11 box office figures below:

1 – Wonder Woman – $57.2 million
2 – The Mummy – $32.2 million
3 – Captain Underpants – $12.3 million
4 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $10.7 million
5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – $6.2 million
6 – It Comes At Night – $6 million
7 – Baywatch – $4.6 million
8 – Megan Leavey – $3.8 million
9 – Alien: Covenant – $1.8 million
10 – Everything, Everything – $1.6 million

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