Box office top 20: ‘Spy’ cracks ‘San Andreas’ with $29.1M
Jun 8, 2015, 2:36 PM
This photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox shows, Melissa McCarthy, as Susan Cooper, a CIA analyst, who volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster, in a scene from the film, "Spy." (Larry Horricks/Twentieth Century Fox via AP)
(Larry Horricks/Twentieth Century Fox via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Melissa McCarthy’s globe-trotting comedy “Spy” cracked The Rock’s disaster movie “San Andreas” at the weekend box office, taking the top spot with a $29.1 million debut.
The 20th Century Fox release led a crowded but somewhat lackluster weekend. Focus Feature’s low-budget horror prequel “Insidious: Chapter 3” opened strongly with $22.7 million. The HBO series transfer “Entourage” debuted with a less-than-stellar $10.3 million, although it has earned $17.7 million since opening Wednesday.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Rentrak:
1. “Spy,” 20th Century Fox, $29,085,719, 3,711 locations, $7,838 average, $29,085,719, 1 week.
2. “San Andreas,” Warner Bros., $25,839,225, 3,812 locations, $6,778 average, $98,465,426, 2 weeks.
3. “Insidious: Chapter 3,” Focus Features, $22,692,741, 3,002 locations, $7,559 average, $22,692,741, 1 week.
4. “Entourage,” Warner Bros., $10,283,250, 3,108 locations, $3,309 average, $17,668,088, 1 week.
5. “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Warner Bros., $7,831,453, 2,720 locations, $2,879 average, $130,665,718, 4 weeks.
6. “Pitch Perfect 2,” Universal, $7,573,350, 3,403 locations, $2,225 average, $160,854,945, 4 weeks.
7. “Tomorrowland,” Disney, $7,200,103, 3,012 locations, $2,390 average, $76,414,081, 3 weeks.
8. “Avengers: Age Of Ultron,” Disney, $6,339,663, 2,471 locations, $2,566 average, $438,153,559, 6 weeks.
9. “Aloha,” Sony, $3,240,312, 2,815 locations, $1,151 average, $16,282,116, 2 weeks.
10. “Poltergeist,” 20th Century Fox, $2,705,009, 2,229 locations, $1,214 average, $44,306,937, 3 weeks.
11. “Love & Mercy,” Roadside Attractions, $2,122,177, 483 locations, $4,394 average, $2,122,177, 1 week.
12. “Dil Dhadakne Do,” Eros Entertainment, $1,326,267, 238 locations, $5,573 average, $1,326,267, 1 week.
13. “Home,” 20th Century Fox, $828,905, 715 locations, $1,159 average, $171,919,512, 11 week.
14. “Far From The Madding Crowd,” Fox Searchlight, $701,535, 610 locations, $1,150 average, $9,890,206, 6 weeks.
15. “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” Bleecker Street, $552,778, 165 locations, $3,350 average, $1,851,148, 4 weeks.
16. “Furious 7,” Universal, $436,315, 471 locations, $926 average, $350,034,110, 10 weeks.
17. “Hot Pursuit,” Warner Bros., $418,372, 537 locations, $779 average, $33,352,726, 5 weeks.
18. “Ex Machina,” A24 Films, $358,509, 302 locations, $1,187 average, $24,299,872, 9 weeks.
19. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” Sony, $333,179, 368 locations, $905 average, $68,379,504, 8 weeks.
20. “Cinderella,” Disney, $303,470, 302 locations, $1,005 average, $198,782,354, 13 weeks.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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