The top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Thursday, followed by distribution studio and gross, as compiled Friday by Hollywood.com, are:
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"Despicable Me 2," Universal, $24.5 million.
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"The Lone Ranger," Disney, $9.86 million.
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"The Heat," Fox, $6.4 million.
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"Monsters University," Disney, $5.2 million.
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"World War Z," Paramount, $4.3 million.
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"White House Down," Sony, $3.5 million.
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"Man of Steel," Warner Bros., $3.03 million.
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"Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain," Lionsgate, $2.58 million.
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"This Is the End," Sony, $1.13 million.
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"Now You See Me," Lionsgate, $673,127.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC. |