AUGUST 10 (Reuters) — Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” continued to conquer the top spot at the North America box office Sunday (August 9).
Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation” edged out the comic book movie, “Fantastic Four” from Twentieth Century Fox, to capture first place on the box office charts. The Paramount sequel earned a strong $29.4 million in its second week in theaters, pushing its domestic total to $108.7 million.
Meanwhile, “Fantastic Four” starring Miles Teller as Reed Richards, opened well below the $40 million-plus debut that most analysts had projected and came in second place.
Among the new entrants, STX Entertainment’s “The Gift” fared best, with the thriller picking up $12 million across 2,503 theaters and nabbing a third place finish. That’s a solid debut considering the film, which Blumhouse co-produced, cost a mere $5 million to make. It marks STX’s first theatrical release — the studio was launched in 2014 by producer Robert Simonds with the goal of making the kind of mid-budget films that studios have abandoned in favor of superhero adventures.
The top five was rounded out by Warner Bros.’ “Vacation” with $9.1 million and Disney and Marvel’s “Ant-Man” with $7.8 million, pushing their totals to $37.3 million and $147.4 million, respectively.
