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Monday, July 9, 2018

YOUR WEEKEND
BOX OFFICE

The Top 5 Highest-Grossing Films in America Over the Weekend

Once again, Disney's on top as Marvel movie Ant-Man and the Wasp debuts as this week's box office #1, scoring $76m. This marks the ninth time Marvel has claimed the throne this year. And according to Box Office Mojo, the sequel outperformed its 2015 predecessor by about $20m.

Meanwhile, Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2—now the first animated release to earn more than $500m at the domestic box office—holds strong at #2 with $29m in its fourth week out.

1. Ant-Man and the Wasp (Buena Vista) $76.0m 4,206/$18,077 avg. (debut)
2. Incredibles 2 (Buena Vista) $29.0m 4,113/$7,056 avg. (week 4)
3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) $28.6m 4,349/$6,573 avg. (week 3)
4. The First Purge (Universal) $17.2m 3,031/$5,658 avg. (debut)
5. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Sony) $7.3m 3,055/$2,390 avg. (week 2)

 
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