Maintaining the top spot at the box office was “The Secret Life of Pets” from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures. It may make more domestically than Zac Efron and Aubrey Plaza‘s other collaboration from this year, Dirty Grandpa, which earned $35.6 million. As far as USA viewers are concerned, it received a rather mixed response that only garnered it US$46 million for its opening weekend. Alexander Skarsgård’s The Legend of Tarzan fell to third with a $11.1 million, bringing it’s total gross to $103 million in its third week of release ($180 budget to make).
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Rookie canine officer Tyrus joined three-year veteran officer Titus for a swearing-in ceremony at the Perry County Law Enforcement Complex.
While he’s said there will be a sequel, it’s not clear whether director Paul Feig, or the leading ladies, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, would be on board for another movie.
Though the film waits to open in 57 more countries over the next three months, including in China on August 2., it already has grossed $50.8 million internationally. For the second straight weekend, it dominates the box office with $50.6 million.
Despite coming in line with expectations, Ghostbusters earned $46 million to land at #2.
Disney’s “Finding Dory” – the sequel to “Finding Nemo” – came in fourth place with $11 million, breaking records again this week by becoming the highest-grossing animated domestic release. Critics generally liked the movie, and opening-weekend audiences gave it a “B+” grade, according to market-research firm CinemaScore.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, starring Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick, also dropped one place to number five with $7.5m (£5.7m).
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Next weekend has a couple of big things with Star Trek Beyond arriving in 3,500 screens while Ice Age: Collision Course will hit 3,800 screens, though we’re feeling iffy on that project with it being the fifth film in the franchise. Stop reading right now if you haven’t seen the new Ghostbusters and don’t want spoilers for the credits scene.
