Melissa McCarthy was box office gold for the third straight time, as her R-rated comedy “Spy” opened in first place with a $30 million take this weekend.
That’s her third-biggest debut as a lead actor, behind only “The Heat” and “Identity Thief,” said movie analysts at Rentrak.
“San Andreas” dropped to second place this weekend, with a $26.4 million total in its second week of exhibition. The latest in the popular “let’s wreck California” meme, it is approaching the $100 million mark in the U.S. and Canada.
“Insidious 3” opened in third place at $23 million. And “Entourage” opened at $10.4 million in ticket sales.
The remaining top 10 movies, as estimated by the studios and collated by Rentrak, were “Mad Max: Fury Road” ($8 million), “Pitch Perfect 2” ($7.7 million), “Tomorrowland” ($7 million), “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” ($6.2 million), “Aloha” ($3.3 million) and “Poltergeist” ($2.8 million).
— City News Service