‘Cars 3’ passes ‘Wonder Woman’ for first place
“Cars 3” finished in first place at the North American box office this past weekend with $53.7 million in earnings. It effectively stole the top spot from “Wonder Woman,” which had held on to No. 1 for two consecutive weeks. “Wonder Woman,” in its third weekend in theaters, earned $41.3 million, bringing its total to $275.1 million.
Newcomer “All Eyez on Me” exceeded expectations with a $26.4 million debut in third place, burying “The Mummy” in fourth place with $14.5 million in its second week.
The Mandy Moore shark thriller “47 Meters Down” rounded out the top five with $11.2 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comscore:
1. “Cars 3,” Disney, $53,688,680, 4,256 locations, $12,615 average, $53,688,680, one week.
2. “Wonder Woman,” Warner Bros., $41,268,850, 4,018 locations, $10,271 average, $275,095,580, three weeks.
3. “All Eyez on Me,” Lionsgate, $26,435,354, 2,471 locations, $10,698 average, $26,435,354, one week.
4. “The Mummy,” Universal, $14,510,960, 4,034 locations, $3,597 average, $57,121,660, two weeks.
5. “47 Meters Down,” Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, $11,205,562, 2,270 locations, $4,936 average, $11,205,562, one week.
6. “Pirates Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Disney, $8,964,039, 2,759 locations, $3,249 average, $150,572,153, four weeks.
7. “Rough Night,” Sony, $8,004,283, 3,162 locations, $2,531 average, $8,004,283, one week.
8. “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie,” 20th Century Fox, $7,181,541, 2,968 locations, $2,420 average, $57,795,201, three weeks.
9. “Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 2,” Disney, $5,071,732,
1,813 locations, $2,797 average, $374,942,747, seven weeks.
10. “It Comes at Night,” A24, $2,601,467, 2,450 locations, $1,062 average, $11,124,631, two weeks.
11. “Megan Leavey,” Bleecker Street, $2,541,645, 1,832 locations, $1,387 average, $8,378,502, two weeks.
12. “Baywatch,” Paramount, $1,610,987, 1,307 locations, $1,233 average, $55,158,487, four weeks.
13. “The Book of Henry,”
Focus Features, $1,424,540,
579 locations, $2,460 average, $1,424,540, one week.
14. “Paris Can Wait,” Sony Pictures Classics, $713,931,
447 locations, $1,597 average, $3,195,793, six weeks.
15. “Beatriz at Dinner,” Roadside Attractions, $702,073, 77 locations, $9,118 average, $906,101, two weeks.
16. “Alien: Covenant,” 20th Century Fox, $568,149, 400 locations, $1,420 average, $72,754,134, five weeks.
17. “My Cousin Rachel,” Fox Searchlight, $530,977, 531 locations, $1,000 average, $1,975,140, two weeks.
18. “Everything, Everything,” Warner Bros., $356,241, 403 locations, $884 average, $33,151,209, five weeks.
19. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul,” 20th Century Fox, $330,813, 255 locations, $1,297 average, $20,087,808, five weeks.
20. “The Boss Baby,” 20th Century Fox, $323,442, 260 locations, $1,244 average, $172,492,985, 12 weeks.