In what may be one the biggest upsets in recent memory, the Melissa McCarthy comedy, Spy, easily toppled the heavily anticipated big-screen adaptation of the hit HBO series Entourage at this weekend’s box office despite the latter opening two days earlier.
Spy opened with an impressive $30 million to overtake The Rock’s earthquake drama, San Andreas, and drop it to second place with a tally of a little over $26 million. Coming in third this week is the third installment in the Insidious franchise. The twisted horror had a better than expected opening week and was able to bring in $23 million. Of note with Entourage, it opened in more theaters than Insidious 3, but about 600 theaters less than Spy, but still only managed to earn a flat $10.4 million. Coming in fifth place this week is Mad Max: Fury Road, which beat out Pitch Perfect 2 by about $200 thousand as it totaled $7.9 million.
Needless to say, all eyes will be on the box office next week to see if Entourage can recover as it’s expected to play in more theaters.
For the full weekend top 10, check out the list below.
1. Spy – $30M
2. San Andreas – $26.4M
3. Insidious Chapter 3 – $23M
4. Entourage – $10.4M
5. Mad Max: Fury Road – $7.9M
6. Pitch Perfect 2 – $7.7M
7. Tomorrowland – $7M
8. Avengers 2: Age of Ultron – $6.2M
9. Aloha– $3.3M
10. Poltergeist – $2.8M
