Box-Office Report: GROWN UPS 2 and PACIFIC RIM

Although it didn't seem likely, the Adam Sandler comedy "Grown Ups 2" managed to overtake Guillermo del Toro's highly publicized sci-fi actioner "Pacific Rim" at the box-office. The sequel was universally panned by critics, but managed to open at #2 with $42M. The giant robots versus giant monsters flick only managed to place third with $38M despite encouraging Thursday midnight showings of about $3.6M. "Pacific Rim" is in a bit of tough spot considering its $190M budget. "Grown Ups 2" also cost quite a bit, aprox. $80M, but it's off to a good start, a bit better than the first film's $40M opening weekend. And what's more important, the first film went on to gross $162M domestically and $271M worldwide.

Now, to return to what's really important: the top spot. The highest grossing film this weekend is the animated sequel "Despicable Me 2", which earned $44.7M in the current three-day timeframe, which adds up to a total of $229M domestically and $472M worldwide (in 12 days). The sequel is definitely going to overtake the first film, which grossed $251M domestically and $543M worldwide (in 196 days).

Meanwhile, the Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy comedy "The Heat" continues to do good business, grossing $14M this weekend and adding up to a total of $112M. Disney's misfire "The Lone Ranger" continues to drop at an alarming rate, losing over 60% of its initial opening weekend (down to $11M). The Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer starrer has only managed to rake in $119M worldwide in 12 days versus a bloated $215M budget. Joining Disney in the financial heartache is Roland Emmerich's action thriller "White House Down" which never recovered from an equally catastrophic opening weekend. The Channing Tatum & Jamie Foxx team-up only managed to gross $82M worldwide in 17 days versus a $150M budget. By comparison, the latter might actually be less of a disaster than Disney's flop.

More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.

New Wide Releases: "Pacific Rim", "Grown Ups 2".

Biggest Drop : "The Lone Ranger" (-61%)

Smallest Drop : "The Heat" (-43%)

Rank	Title	Weekend	Domestic	Foreign	Budget	Days
1	Despicable Me 2	$44.7M	$229M	$243M	$76M	12
2	Grown Ups 2	$42M	$42M	$1M	$80M	3
3	Pacific Rim	$38M	$38M	$53M	$190M	3
4	The Heat	$14M	$112M	$15M	$43M	17
5	The Lone Ranger	$11M	$71M	$48M	$215M	12
6	Monsters University	$10.6M	$237M	$236M	N/A	24
7	World War Z	$9M	$177M	$246M	$190M	24
8	White House Down	$6M	$62M	$19M	$150M	17
9	Kevin Hart Let Me Explain	$5M	$26M	N/A	N/A	12
10	Man of Steel	$4.8M	$280M	$338M	$225M	31

 

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