“Hotel Transylvania 2” opened with $47.5 million in weekend sales, studio projections indicated
That was far ahead of another debut, “The Intern,” which opened with $18.3 million in weekend sales.
In its second weekend of exhibition, “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” was in third place, with $14 million this weekend and a running total of $51 million.
Rounding out the most-popular films this weekend, and estimated by the studios and collated by Rentrak, were “Everest” ($13 million), “Black Mass” ($11.5 million), “The Visit” ($6.7 million), “The Perfect Guy” ($4.8 million), “War Room” ($4.3 million), “The Green Room” (opening with $3.5 million) and ” Sicario” ($1.8 million).
— Staff and wire reports