Despicable Me 2 owned the holiday weekend pulling in over $83 million putting it on par with the Monsters University opening from a few weeks prior. The animated movie’s opening appeared to gut much of The Lone Ranger’s potential opening sending that film plummeting to a just under $30 million opening. The Heat had a nice second weekend only dropping off around 36% from its opening and seating it at 3rd place on the list. Here’s the top 10 for the 4th of July weekend:
- Despicable Me 2 $83,517,315
- The Lone Ranger $29,210,849
- The Heat $24,763,907
- Monsters University $19,716,347
- World War Z $18,408,963
- white House Down $13,478,486
- Man of Steel $11,414,297
- Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain $10,030,463
- This is the End $5,870,167
- Now You See Me $2,853,191