Moviegoers raced to see “Fast & Furious 6″ as it debuted over the
holiday weekend, earning the action sequel a massive $98.5 million
take, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The latest installment in the action-packed film franchise, starring
Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, did earned the top slot at the box
office during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, seen as the unofficial
start of summer in the United States.
Second place went to the debauched bachelors of “The Hangover Part
III,” which got a jump on the weekend by opening on Wednesday, and
collected an anticipated $42.4 million from Friday to Sunday, box office
tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
Third place went to another sequel, “Star Trek: Into Darkness” which earned $38 million as it fell from first place last week.
“Epic” a 3-D animated family film about a teenage girl who gets
miniaturized Thumbelina-size, was fourth with $34.2 million in tickets
sold.
Super-hero blockbuster sequel “Iron Man 3,” starring Robert Downey Jr
as the title character, took in $19.4 million for the number five spot,
while “The Great Gatsby,” Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the literary
classic, was sixth with $13.7 million.
Seventh place was claimed by “Mud,” a coming-of-age story starring
Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, taking in $1.95 million.
“42″ — a biopic about trailblazing black baseball star Jackie Robinson — was eighth, with $1.25 million in tickets sold.
The ninth spot went to “The Croods,” a stone-age cartoon which earned $1.2 million.
Rounding out the top 10 was “Oblivion,” a post-apocalyptic action flick featuring Tom Cruise, which earned $815,000.
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