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Ant-Man tops U.S. box office with second-lowest opening for a Marvel Studios movie, earns $114 million worldwide

July 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Marvel’s latest superhero adventure Ant-Man opened in cinemas worldwide this past Friday, dethroning Minions in the States and continuing Marvel’s perfect streak of number one domestic debuts with $58 million. Internationally, it added a further $56 million from 37 markets, for a global opening weekend of $114 million.

Ant-Man’s domestic debut is the second-lowest for Marvel Studios, beating out the $55 million opening weekend of The Incredible Hulk but falling short of the $65 million posted by Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor. However, it also has the lowest budget of any Marvel Cinematic Universe entry at a reported $130 million.

SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of Ant-Man here and here

In other news from the U.S. box office, Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck opening with $30.2 million to claim third place behind Minions and give Apatow his second-best U.S. opening behind Knocked Up ($30.7 million).

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Originally published July 19, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Ant-Man, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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