Box-Office Report: DESPICABLE ME 2 and THE LONE RANGER

The extremely expensive Disney western "The Lone Ranger" has probably earned the title of this year's biggest flop. The film, which cost $215M to make, only managed to take in $48M domestically, opening at #2, and $72M worldwide in 5 days. This is bad news for Disney, especially since the studio initially passed on the idea of making the movie because of its huge costs. I bet they wish they hadn't changed their mind.

"Despicable Me 2"  opened at #1 and delivered a much better box-office result, grossing $142M in the US and $293M worldwide in 5 days. The 3-day weekend gross was $82M, a major improvement compared to the first film's $56M opening weekend. "Despicable Me 2" also ranks third among the best Independence Day Weekends, behind "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" ($97M) and "Spider-Man 2" ($88M).

More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.

New Wide Releases: "Despicable Me 2", "The Lone Ranger".

Biggest Drop : "Monsters University" (-57%)

Smallest Drop : "This is the End" (-33%)

Rank	Title	Weekend	Domestic	Foreign	Budget	Days
1	Despicable Me 2	$82M	$142M	$151M	$76M	5
2	The Lone Ranger	$29M	$48M	$24M	$215M	5
3	The Heat	$25M	$86M	$6M	$43M	10
4	Monsters University	$19.5M	$216M	$184M	N/A	17
5	World War Z	$18M	$158M	$207M	$190M	17
6	White House Down	$13.5M	$50M	$17M	$150M	10
7	Man of Steel	$11M	$271M	$271M	$225M	24
8	Kevin Hart:Let Me Explain	$10M	$17M	N/A	N/A	5
9	This is the End	$5.8M	$85M	$5M	$32M	26
10	Now You See Me	$2.7M	$110M	$59M	$75M	38

 

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