Blowing its competition out of the water, “Man of Steel” has proven to be the biggest film opening ever in the month of June, earning $125 million during its debut weekend. “This is the End” opened to almost $92 million less than Superman reboot with $20.5 million on its opening weekend.
“Now You See Me” holds onto third place with $10.3 million while horror flick “The Purge” drops down to the number 5 spot. The Ethan Hawke fronted film has already made a profit of almost $50 million in its second week of release. “The Purge” had a modest budget of just $3 million.
“Iron Man 3” clings onto 10th place after 7 weeks in theaters with $400 million, while “Fast & Furious 6” and “Star Trek Into Darkness” still going strong as well with over $200 million each.
Here are the Top Ten films at this weekend’s box office:
- “Man of Steel” – $113 million (weekend), $125 million gross
- “This is the End” – $20.5 million (weekend), $32.8 million gross
- “Now You See Me” – $10.3 million (weekend), $80 million gross
- “Fast & Furious 6” – $9.43 million (weekend), $220 million gross
- “The Purge” – $8.2 million (weekend), $51.8 million gross
- “The Internship” – $7 million (weekend), $31 million gross
- “Epic” – $6 million (weekend), $95.4 million gross
- “Star Trek Into Darkness” – $5.66 million (weekend), $210 million gross
- “After Earth” – $3.75 million (weekend), $54.2 million gross
- “Iron Man 3” – $2.91 million (weekend), $400 million gross
