Ant-Man Opens with $22.6 Million Friday, Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck Does $10.7 Million

July 18, 2015

Marvel Studios’ latest release Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll and Evangeline Lilly, opened on Thursday in theaters where it scored $6.4 million in previews before its official release on Friday into 3,856 theaters. According to estimates, it grossed $22.6 million on Friday (including those previews).

That’s the second-lowest opening for one of Marvel Studios’ releases after 2008’s The Incredible Hulk (which was distributed by Universal) and also a lower opening than both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, the other two movies introducing Avengers to the big screen. It should still be able to gross somewhere in the $58 to 60 million range by Sunday.

The highly-praised feature film debut of comedian Amy Schumer in Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow, earned $10.7 million on Friday including $1.8 million from Thursday previews, slightly higher than Melissa McCarthy’s Spy early in June. It should end up in a similar place of $28 to 30 million for the weekend.

Universal Pictures’ animated prequel Minions looks like it will drop to second place with $14.6 million grossed on Friday and it should cross the $200 million mark sometime today.

Also doing well are Jurassic World and Inside Out, the former which crossed the $600 million mark domestically on Friday and the latter hitting its own $300 milestone today.

Check back tomorrow for our full box office report.