Marvel Studios’ streak of their movies opening in first place remains unbroken, as Ant-Man and the Wasp debuted atop this weekend’s domestic box office with an estimated $76 million.
Ant-Man and the Wasp’s opening weekend has been a major success. Its predecessor, 2015’s Ant-Man, debuted with $57.2 million, netting the sequel a 33% increase in domestic earnings.
The weekend’s other major new release, The First Purge, debuted with an estimated $17.1 million for fourth place. It’s earned $31 million since opening Wednesday, July 4.
Disney’s Incredibles 2 came in second place with an estimated $29 million, bringing it past the $500 million domestic threshold. At $504.3 million domestic, the Pixar sequel has also become the first animated movie to ever cross this mark, and has become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time domestically, beating out another Pixar success, Finding Dory.
Source: IGN.com Ant-Man and the Wasp Flies to First Place at the Box Office