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"Ant-Man" beats "Pixels" to top North American box office for second weekend

Xinhua, July 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

The tiny superhero film "Ant- Man" bested "Pixels" to win the North American box office race for the second week in a row, according to projections released Saturday by tracking firm Rentrack.

"Ant-Man", from Disney and Pixar studios, took in another 24.8 million U.S. dollars passing the 100 million this weekend. The Paul Rudd led superhero film was down a sharp 57 percent from last weekend, but it has grossed a solid 106.1 million dollars in ten days.

The critically panned Adam Sandler led 3D action comedy, "Pixel, " about the 1980s video games, disappointed with a 24 million dollars weekend, but still managed a second-place finish.

Opening at 3,723 locations, Sony's "Pixels" received a respectable "B" rating from first-night moviegoers on CinemaScore and got a poor 19 percent approval rating from critics on RottenTomatoes. Analyst said that the 88 million budget movie still has possibility to make a benefit from overseas market where "Pixels" will debut in the following weeks.

Meanwhile, Universal's "Minions" continued to prove its worth at theaters, ranking the third with a take of 22.1 million dollars. For cumes "Minions" stands at 261 million dollars in North America and 497 million dollars international and a worldwide cume of 759. 4 million dollars.

Rounding out the rest top 10 films of the weekend were " Trainwreck" (17.3 million dollars), "Southpaw" (16.5 million), " Paper Towns" (12.5 million), "Inside Out" (7.4 million), "Jurassic World" (6.9 million), "Mr. Holmes" (2.8 million) and "Terminator: Genisys" (2.4 million). Endite