Box Office Top 20: ‘Equalizer 2’ barely beats ‘Mamma Mia’

LOS ANGELES—“The Equalizer 2” faced off against another sequel, the musical “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” and came out slightly ahead. The Denzel Washington film earned $36 million in its first weekend in theaters to take the top spot. “Mamma Mia 2” was close behind with $35 million.

Sequels populated the top five and most of the top 10 this weekend. In its second week, the animated “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” came in third with $23.8 million, bringing its total to $91.7 million.

Disney and Marvel’s “AntMan and the Wasp” placed fourth with $16.5 million, while Disney’s “Incredibles 2” landed in fifth with $11.9 million. The film has earned $557.7 million from six weeks in North American theaters.

The top 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. “The Equalizer 2,” Sony, $36,011,640, 3,388 locations, $10,629 average, $36,011,640, 1 Week.

2. “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” Universal, $34,952,180, 3,317 locations, $10,537 average, $34,952,180, 1 Week.

3. “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,” Sony, $23,765,709, 4,267 locations, $5,570 average, $91,704,977, 2 Weeks.

4. “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” Disney, $16,507,156, 3,778 locations, $4,369 average, $165,005,448, 3 Weeks.

5. “Incredibles 2,” Disney, $11,895,063, 3,164 locations, $3,760 average, $557,710,503, 6 Weeks.