Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Monsters’ and ‘World War Z’ Scare Up Big Money

Posted 9:39 PM June 23rd, 2013 by Logan Falk
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This weekend proved very lucrative for this latest batch of new releases—both films outdid their expected range of opening weekend revenues, and in a big way.

This week’s star, Monsters University, earned an impressive $82 million over the weekend—almost $10 million more than the prediction from Box Office Guru. Similarly, this week’s grittier release, World War Z, pulled in $66 million, which is also quite a bit above its expected range.

Our honorable mentions for this weekend made a respectable showing, as well—Man of Steel earned another $41.2 million, for a super sum of $210 million. Remarkably, last week’s comedy, This Is the End, clung to the top five in earnings, making $13 million for a total of almost $57.8 million. Finally, the magical thriller Now You See Me hasn’t pilled its vanishing act just yet, receiving the fifth-highest earnings—$7.8 million—for a tidy sum of $94.4 million (numbers from Box Office Mojo).

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