Box office: 'Cars 3' to speed past 'Wonder Woman'

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Disney and Pixar's newly released film, 'Car 3‘, hit the top spot in the North American box office with an estimated 53.5 million dollars during its debut weekend, speeding past "Wonder Woman".

The big weekend winner sped to 53.5 million dollars from 4,256 locations, putting it in first place, but had a lower opening than "Cars" (60.1 million dollars) and "Cars 2" (66.1 million dollars). The first two "Cars" movies combined have made more than 435 million dollars in the US and, a billion dollars globally.

The computer-animated comedy film is directed by Brian Fee, who was a storyboard artist on the first two "Cars" films, as well as "Ratatouille" and "Wall-E", and stars the voices of Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Nathan Fillion, and Kerry Washington.

Stage photo of ”Woder Woman". /VCG Photo

"Cars 3" bumps "Wonder Woman" out of first place, but the super hero movie continues to show strong. With an estimated 40.7 million dollars from 4,018 locations, the Warner Bros. and DC Comics film is seeing another extremely low drop of 32 percent from last weekend.

Publicity shot of ”Rough Night". /VCG photo

"Rough Night" will land in seventh for the weekend behind its fellow newcomers, "Wonder Woman," the second weekend of "The Mummy" (13.9 million dollars) and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (8.5 million dollars).

Lionsgate's "All Eyez On Me" opened in third place with an estimated 27.05 million US dollars. The biographical drama film about hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur is directed by Benny Boom. Titled after Shakur's 1996 fourth studio album of the same name, the film release date aligns with Shakur's 46th birthday.

Universal's "The Mummy" placed fourth with an estimated 13.9 million US dollars in its second weekend. Entertainment Studios' shark tale "47 Meters Down" finished fifth with an estimated 11.5 million U.S. dollars in its debut weekend.

(Source：Reuters and Xinhua)