'Finding Dory' Beats Out 'The Legend of Tarzan's' Box Office Debut
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It looks like the force that is Finding Dory is continuing to dominate the box office as it beat out The Legend of Tarzan and The Purge: Election Year, who were celebrating their opening weekend.
"Disney's 'Finding Dory' continues to swim the world's box office oceans and tops the $500 million mark in the wake of a $76.3 million weekend," according to comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
"Second place goes to Warner Bros.' 'The Legend of Tarzan' that swung into 20 territories including North America this weekend and came out with a $56.9 million total."
Finding Dory reigns supreme in both worldwide wide and domestic box office numbers, making it one giant, dominating film from Disney.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, July 3, are below.
Finding Dory - Disney - $76.3M
Legend Of Tarzan, The - Warner Bros. - $56.9M
Independence Day: Resurgence - 20th Century Fox - $56.7M
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The - Paramount Pictures - $31.3M
Purge: Election Year, The - Universal - $31.0M
Central Intelligence - Universal - $26.1M
Now You See Me 2 - Multiple - $23.8M
BFG, The - Disney - $23.5M
Ice Age: Collision Course - 20th Century Fox - $20.0M
Conjuring 2, The - Warner Bros.
- $16.9M
Bounty Hunters - Multiple - $16.4M
Me Before You - Warner Bros. - $13.0M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, July 3, are below.
Finding Dory - Disney - $41.9M
Legend Of Tarzan, The - Warner Bros. - $38.1M
Purge: Election Year, The - Universal - $30.9M
BFG, The - Disney - $19.6M
Independence Day: Resurgence - 20th Century Fox - $16.5M
Central Intelligence - Warner Bros.
- $12.3M
Shallows, The - Sony - $9.0M
Free State Of Jones - STX Entertainment - $4.1M
Conjuring 2, The - Warner Bros.
- $3.9M
Now You See Me 2 - Lionsgate - $3.0M
Swiss Army Man - A24 - $1.4M
Our Kind Of Traitor - Roadside Attractions - $1.0M