American
superhero
film
"Ant
Man" debuted
with
$58
million
in
ticket
sales
at
the
weekend
box
office
in
North
America,
marking
it
Marvel's
12th
consecutive
comic
adaptation
to
open
in
the
No.1
spot.
An
estimated
42
percent
of
overall
grosses
of
the
"Ant
Man" at
the
weekend
came
from
3D
version
screenings,
Xinhua
reported
on
Monday.
Opening
at
3,856
locations,
this
Paul
Rudd
led
superhero
film
has
an
"A" CinemaScore
from
first-night
moviegoers.
Critics
gave
it
a
79
percent
in
approval
rating
on
Rotten
Tomatoes.
The
audience
breakdown
for
the
film
skewed
towards
male
moviegoers
(58
percent)
and
towards
moviegoers
over
the
age
of
25
(55
percent).
Family
audience
made
up
an
estimated
28
percent
of
the
film's
overall
audience.
"Ant
Man",
with
a
budget
of
$130
million,
also
opened
in
about
half
of
the
world's
movie
markets
and
raked
in
another
$56.4
million
overseas
this
weekend,
according
to
box
office
tracker
Rentrak.
Universal's
"Minions" dropped
57
percent
in
ticket
sales
compared
with
last
weekend
and
took
the
second
place
at
the
box
office.
It
added
another
$50.2
million
this
weekend.
Women
were
attracted
by
the
new
Amy
Schumer
led
R-rated
comedy,
"Trainwreck"
which
opened
in
the
third
place
at
3,158
locations
in
North
America
this
weekend
with
an
estimated
$30.2
million
in
ticket
sales.
"Trainwreck"
also
from
Universal,
received
an
"A-"
CinemaScore
and
a
solid
85
percent
positive
rating
from
critics.
Sixty-six
percent
of
the
audience
was
female.
Rounding
out
the
rest
10
highest-grossing
films
in
the
US
and
Canada
this
weekend
were
"Inside
Out"
($11.6
million),
"Jurassic
World"
($11.4
million),
"Terminator
Genisys"
($5.4
million),
"Magic
Mike
XXL"
($4.5
million),
"Gallows"
($4
million),
"Ted
2"
($2.7
million)
and
"Mr.
Holmes"
($2.5
million).