Though it was a relatively slow weekend at the box office, a last second push by Marvel’s Ant-Man was enough to thrust it ahead of the highly anticipated, Pixels, which by some early projections was slated to land at No. 1.
Ant-Man’s take of $24.765 million was just enough to squeeze by Pixel’s $24 million to reclaim this week’s top spot. Not far behind those movies was the previous No. 1 film, Minions, which added another $22.1 million to its total. Despite the dark cloud of the Louisiana mass shooting now forever associated with it, the Amy Schumer and Bill Hader-led romantic comedy Trainwreck, was able to pull in $17.3 million to take fourth this week. And rounding out the top five is the Jake Gyllenhaal and 50 Cent boxing drama, Southpaw, which brought in a respectable $16.5 million in its opening weekend.
For the full weekend top 10, check out the list below.
1. Ant-Man – $24.765M
2. Pixels – $24M
3. Minions – $22.1M
4. Trainwreck – $17.3M
5. Southpaw – $16.5M
6. Paper Towns – $12.5M
7. Inside Out – $7.3M
8. Jurassic World – $6.9M
9. Mr. Holmes – $2.8M
10. Terminator: Genisys – $2.4M
