Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters University” opened to $82 million, beating Brad Pitt and ‘”World War Z” by almost $20 million. Despite “World War Z” substantially outperforming expectations, it was not enough to take the number one spot from “Monsters, Inc.” sequel which was the No. 2 Pixar opening of all time after Toy Story 3. “Man Of Steel” remained strong in third place, bringing in $41 million in its sophomore week.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, June 24, are as follows:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | Monsters University | Disney | $82,000,000 | 4,004 | 20,479 | $82,000,000 |
2 | World War Z | Paramount | $66,000,000 | 3,607 | 18,297 | $66,000,000 |
3 | Man Of Steel | Warner Bros. | $41,215,000 | 4,207 | 9,796 | $210,005,947 |
4 | This Is The End | Sony | $13,000,000 | 3,055 | 4,255 | $57,791,524 |
5 | Now You See Me | Lionsgate | $7,870,000 | 2,823 | 2,787 | $94,450,976 |
6 | Fast & Furious 6 | Universal | $4,725,235 | 2,417 | 1,955 | $228,412,705 |
7 | Internship, The | 20th Century Fox | $3,425,000 | 1,916 | 1,787 | $38,364,505 |
8 | Purge, The | Universal | $3,411,550 | 2,201 | 1,550 | $59,427,995 |
9 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Paramount | $3,000,000 | 1,565 | 1,916 | $216,610,916 |
10 | Iron Man 3 | Disney | $2,175,000 | 924 | 2,353 | $403,120,000 |
11 | Bling Ring, The | A24 Films | $2,000,000 | 650 | 3,076 | $2,341,241 |
12 | Epic | 20th Century Fox | $1,730,000 | 1,994 | 867 | $100,985,125 |