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Box Office Recap: ‘Despicable Me 2’ Remains #1, ‘Pacific Rim’ Bombs

During it’s second week of release,  the Steve Carell-fronted animated, comedy Despicable Me 2 took the number one spot at the box office this weekend.  The film earned $44.7 million on over 4,000 screens across the country to help bring the sequel’s worldwide box office total to $229 million.

Grown Ups 2, Adam Sandler’s first attempt at a sequel, did very well for the 46-year-old comedian.  Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Salma Hayek, Growns Ups 2 opened to $42.5 million on 3,491 in the United States, outselling 2010’s Growns Ups debut of $40.5 million.  With a budget of only $80 million, Grown Ups 2 will soon be in the green and be well on its way to outpacing the $162 million domestic finish Grown Ups had.

In the box office failure category, Pacific Rim fell far short of expectations with a debut of only $38.3 million.  Due to the film’s extremely high budget of $190 million, any opening less than $100 million would be considered a failure.  Critics ripped apart the film in publications across the country.  One critic said it was like “seeing a Transformer battle a toy dinosaur in a bathtub.”  Surprisingly, the film is the highest ever for director Guillermo del Toro.

Below are this week’s top ten films at the box office:

TW

LW

Title 

Studio

Weekend Gross

1

1

Despicable Me 2 Uni.

$44,754,000

2

N

Grown Ups 2 Sony

$42,500,000

3

N

Pacific Rim WB

$38,300,000

4

3

The Heat Fox

$14,000,000

5

2

The Lone Ranger BV

$11,140,000

6

4

Monsters University BV

$10,621,000

7

5

World War Z Par.

$9,430,000

8

6

White House Down Sony

$6,150,000

9

8

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain LG/S

$5,000,000

10

7

Man of Steel WB

$4,825,000

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