'Ant-Man' Bows at No. 1 on Box Office, 'Trainwreck' Has Impressive Debut
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The Paul Rudd-starring superhero movie falls short of expectations with $57.2 million, while Amy Schumer's comedy surprises with $30.1 million.

AceShowbiz - "Ant-Man" has become the 12th straight Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to open atop North American box office. The movie starring Paul Rudd as the titular hero grossed $57.2 million in its debut weekend.

Despite the solid number, it came in short behind expectations of $60 to $65 million. It also marks the second lowest debut for Marvel Studios after "The Incredible Hulk" which opened to $55.4 million in 2008.

Overseas, "Ant-Man" performed well and even better than some other previous Marvel movies like "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Thor". It earned $56.4 million from its first 37 markets for a current global total of $113.6 million.

"This is a great start, albeit not as big as some people said it would be, and Marvel has once again successfully expanded its stable of characters in a way that makes its universe fresh," said Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis, claiming that "Ant-Man" drew the largest share of families (28 percent) and women (32 percent) of any Marvel superhero movie.

While "Ant-Man" won the first place, the biggest surprise this week is "Trainwreck". The R-rated comedy movie toplined by Amy Schumer places third and bagged an impressive $30.1 million, exceeding expectations of around $20 million.

Universal domestic distribution chief Nick Carpou gushed, "Amy is an absolute budding film star. She's already a star in the stand-up comedy world. And Judd [Apatow] has a way of finding talent, and imbuing characters with a real sense of sweetness. What you discover as the film plays on is a sweetness in her character. It's really a romance comedy wrapped up in an R-rated comedy."

Last week's champion "Minions" falls to No. 2 after dropping 57.4|percent|. It added $49.3 million for a current total domestic gross of $216.7 million. Another animated movie, Pixar and Disney's "Inside Out (2015)", also drops one place to No. 4 with $11.5 million.

"Jurassic World" rounds up the top five with $11.4. Dropping only 36.9|percent| from last week, it has now crossed the $600 million mark.

  1. "Ant-Man" - $57.2 million
  2. "Minions" - $49.3 million
  3. "Trainwreck" - $30.1 million
  4. "Inside Out (2015)" - $11.5 million
  5. "Jurassic World" - $11.4 million
  6. "Terminator Genisys" - $5.4 million
  7. "Magic Mike XXL" - $4.4 million
  8. "The Gallows" - $4 million
  9. *"Ted 2" - $2.6 million
  10. *"Mr. Holmes" - $2.4 million
*UPDATE (Jul. 21, 2015): When the final figures came out on Monday, July 20, Indian drama "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" entered the chart in the ninth place with $2.6 million, forcing "Ted 2" to drop another spot to the tenth place.

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