Monsters University managed to hold off both new releases at the box office this weekend and kept the top spot with $46.1 million. The latest movie from Pixar has earned $171 million since opening last weekend. In second place was The Heat with $40 million. With a production budget of only $43 million, Fox should be very happy with the movie's performance.
The big news for us this weekend is World War Z performance at the box office. It became the highest grossing zombie movie in the US this week and has earned $259 million worldwide since opening. The movie should continue to have decent ticket sales over the next few weeks and Paramount is already moving forward with a sequel.
White House Down disappointed with $25.7 million and took fourth place. The movie carried a $150 million production budget and will have a difficult time earning that back during its theatrical release. Next week sees the release of Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger on Wednesday. Here are the top ten results for this weekend:
1. Monsters University - $46,180,000
2. The Heat - $40,000,000
3. World War Z - $29,800,000
4. White House Down - $25,700,000
5. Man of Steel - $20,820,000
6. This Is The End - $8,700,000
7. Now You See Me - $5,500,000
8. Fast & Furious 6 - $2,410,000
9. Star Trek Into Darkness - $2,040,000
10. The Internship - $1,425,000
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