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LOS ANGELES, USA – New release Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation cruised to the head of the box office, beating out fellow debut Vacation for top honors, according to industry estimates Sunday, August 2. (READ: ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Review: Bigger and better)
The 5th installment of the Blockbuster franchise stars Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise as a top-secret agent battling a rogue global organization that is trying to destroy the International Monetary Fund.
The action-thriller raked in $56 million in its inaugural weekend, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. (WATCH: How Tom Cruise did his ‘Mission: Impossible’ airplane stunt)
In second place was the comedy misadventure Vacation, starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and comedy veteran Chevy Chase about a family holiday gone awry.
The debut came in far behind the top flick with $14.9 million.
Last week’s first-placed film, Marvel action flick Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd as a superhero, fell to third with $12.6 million after three weeks in theaters.
In fourth was animated comedy Minions, featuring three yellow mischief-making creatures from the film’s first installment Despicable Me, bringing in $12.2 million.
Not far behind was fellow animated film Pixels, about aliens who attack Earth after intercepting video games, earning $10.4 million.
Amy Schumer’s racy comedy Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow, about a boozy commitment-phobe who’s finally pinned down by a smitten doctor, fell to sixth place with $9.7 million.
In seventh was Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a boxer at the end of his bruising career, which brought in $7.5 million.
The number eight spot went to drama-mystery Paper Towns about a road trip to find a missing girl next door, with $4.6 in ticket sales.
The Disney animated flick Inside Out slid to ninth, netting $4.5 million its seventh week in North American cinemas.
Rounding out the top ten was the ever-popular dinosaur Blockbuster Jurassic World, which raked in $3.8 million.
The dino thriller has become the third biggest global hit of all times, according to Exhibitor Relations. – Rappler.com
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