But it wasn’t enough to unseat The Secret Life of Pets which made $50.6m in its second weekend.
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The animated comedy, about how pets behave when their owners are out, collected an estimated $50.6 million in USA and Canadian theaters, ComScore Inc. said Sunday in an e-mailed statement.
The debut of Ghostbusters arrived amid months and months of controversy about its approach and casting and netted a $46 million weekend, which is decent and pretty much what they expected. “The Legend of Tarzan” was third at $11.1 million and “Find Dory” was fourth with $11.1 million.
Tyrus and Titus will be on patrol – available for anything from building searches to finding lost or missing people. It was the biggest opening for a live-action comedy since Pitch Perfect 2 past year.
The 3D is wonderful as are all the new gadgets we get to see the Ghostbusters create.
After last weekend’s $104.3 million opening, ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ once again retained the top spot at the box office.
“Ghostbusters” was the big story this weekend, even if it fell a bit short of claiming the No. 1 spot. It passed $100 million domestically this weekend according to Box Office Mojo.
Given the 144 million budget of Ghostbusters, these figures mean there’s still a long way to go to recoup the cost, and even further to stand any chance of a sequel. Sony called the result “a triumph”. The reboot rolled out to almost 4,000 screens, earned great critical response and ended up pulling in $46 million.
The other film in its first week of release to make the Top 10 was the action suspense drama “The Infiltrator“, which was eighth with $5.29 million. (The previous record-holder was “Shrek 2” with $441.2 million.) Another $276.2 million came from overseas, giving it a worldwide total of $721.7 million.
Finding Dory continues swimming pretty strongly with another $11 million weekend in North America.
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However, it is the biggest domestic opening ever for Feig and star Melissa McCarthy, and judging from their past collaborations, unless this gets sabotaged by the Ghostbros, it should make its money back in its domestic run.
