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Despicable Me 2 and Adam Sandler‘s ensemble comedy Grown Ups 2 beat Guillermo del Toro‘s Pacific Rim when it failed to do the expected monster business posing a potential financial loss for Thomas Tull‘s Legendary Pictures.
The top 12 films of the weekend are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Despicable Me 2 | Universal | $44,753,540 | 4,003 | 11,180 | $229,237,420 |
| 2 | Grown Ups 2 | Sony | $42,500,000 | 3,491 | 12,174 | $42,500,000 |
| 3 | Pacific Rim | Warner Bros. | $38,300,000 | 3,275 | 11,694 | $38,300,000 |
| 4 | Heat, The | 20th Century Fox | $14,000,000 | 3,128 | 4,475 | $112,363,500 |
| 5 | Lone Ranger, The | Disney | $11,140,000 | 3,904 | 2,853 | $71,101,000 |
| 6 | Monsters University | Disney | $10,621,000 | 3,142 | 3,380 | $237,760,000 |
| 7 | World War Z | Paramount | $9,430,000 | 3,003 | 3,140 | $177,086,920 |
| 8 | White House Down | Sony | $6,150,000 | 2,566 | 2,396 | $62,962,933 |
| 9 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | Lionsgate | $5,000,000 | 892 | 5,605 | $26,378,309 |
| 10 | Man Of Steel | Warner Bros. | $4,825,000 | 2,150 | 2,244 | $280,994,878 |
| 11 | This Is The End | Sony | $2,950,000 | 1,394 | 2,116 | $91,738,440 |
| 12 | Now You See Me | Lionsgate | $1,310,000 | 850 | 1,541 | $113,287,702 |
