A still from Ant-Man.
Los Angeles:
American superhero film Ant-Man made $58 million in ticket sales at the weekend box office in North America, marking it Marvel's 12th consecutive comic adaptation to open in the #1 spot.
An estimated 42 per cent of overall grosses of the Ant-Man at the weekend came from 3D version screenings, Xinhua reported on Monday.
Opening at 3,856 locations, this Paul Rudd-led superhero film has an "A" CinemaScore from first-night moviegoers. Critics gave it a 79 per cent in approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The audience breakdown for the film skewed towards male moviegoers (58 per cent) and towards moviegoers over the age of 25 (55 per cent). Family audience made up an estimated 28 per cent of the film's overall audience.
Ant-Man, with a budget of $130 million, also opened in about half of the world's movie markets and raked in another $56.4 million overseas this weekend, according to box office tracker Rentrak.
Universal's Minions dropped 57 per cent in ticket sales compared with last weekend and took the second place at the box office. It added another $50.2 million this weekend.
The new Amy Schumer led R-rated comedy, Trainwreck opened in the third place at 3,158 locations in North America this weekend with an estimated $30.2 million in ticket sales.
Trainwreck also from Universal, received an "A-" CinemaScore and a solid 85 per cent positive rating from critics. 66 per cent of the audience was female.
Rounding out the rest 10 highest-grossing films in the US and Canada this weekend were Inside Out ($11.6 million), Jurassic World ($11.4 million), Terminator Genisys ($5.4 million), Magic Mike XXL ($4.5 million), Gallows ($4 million), Ted 2 ($2.7 million) and Mr. Holmes ($2.5 million).
An estimated 42 per cent of overall grosses of the Ant-Man at the weekend came from 3D version screenings, Xinhua reported on Monday.
Opening at 3,856 locations, this Paul Rudd-led superhero film has an "A" CinemaScore from first-night moviegoers. Critics gave it a 79 per cent in approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The audience breakdown for the film skewed towards male moviegoers (58 per cent) and towards moviegoers over the age of 25 (55 per cent). Family audience made up an estimated 28 per cent of the film's overall audience.
Ant-Man, with a budget of $130 million, also opened in about half of the world's movie markets and raked in another $56.4 million overseas this weekend, according to box office tracker Rentrak.
Universal's Minions dropped 57 per cent in ticket sales compared with last weekend and took the second place at the box office. It added another $50.2 million this weekend.
The new Amy Schumer led R-rated comedy, Trainwreck opened in the third place at 3,158 locations in North America this weekend with an estimated $30.2 million in ticket sales.
Trainwreck also from Universal, received an "A-" CinemaScore and a solid 85 per cent positive rating from critics. 66 per cent of the audience was female.
Rounding out the rest 10 highest-grossing films in the US and Canada this weekend were Inside Out ($11.6 million), Jurassic World ($11.4 million), Terminator Genisys ($5.4 million), Magic Mike XXL ($4.5 million), Gallows ($4 million), Ted 2 ($2.7 million) and Mr. Holmes ($2.5 million).
