Box Office Battle: ’The Wild Robot’ wins weekend with $35M debut

“Box Office Battle” is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

DreamWorks Animation and Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “The Wild Robot” won this weekend at the North American box office with a $35M debut. The movie earned an A CinemaScore from moviegoers and sports a 98% Rotten Tomatoes critic score. Meanwhile, Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” placed number 6 with a disappointing debut. The movie earned just $4M and received a D+ CinemaScore from audiences.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Warner Bros.’ (WBD) “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” placed number 2 with $16M for a domestic cume of $258.1M and a global tally of $373.3M. Behind it was Paramount (PARA) and Hasbro Entertainment’s “Transformers One” with an estimated $9.3M for a 10-day domestic cume of $39.2M. The Indian Telugu-language action movie “Devara: Part 1” placed 4 with $5.5M. Rounding out the top five, Comcast subsidiary Universal’s “Speak No Evil” grossed an estimated $4.3M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “The Wild Robot” – $35M
2. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – $16M
3. “Transformers One” – $9.3M
4. “Devara: Part 1” – $5.6M
5. “Speak No Evil” – $4.3M

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