Ant-Man tops North American box office

The tiny superhero film ‘Ant-Man’ beat ‘Pixels’ to top the North American box office race for the second week in a row. ‘Ant-Man’, from Disney and Pixar studios, took in another $24.8 million, passing the 100 million mark this weekend.

The Paul Rudd-led superhero film was down a sharp 57 per cent from last weekend, but it has grossed a solid $106.1 million in ten days. The critically panned Adam Sandler-led 3D action comedy, ‘Pixel’, about the 1980s video games, disappointed with a $24 million dollar weekend, but still managed a second-place finish, according to projections released on Saturday by tracking firm Rentrack.

Opening at 3,723 locations, Sony's ‘Pixels’ received a respectable ‘B’ rating from first-night moviegoers on CinemaScore and got a poor 19 percent approval rating from critics on RottenTomatoes.

Analysts said that the $88 million budget movie has a possibility of making benefits from overseas markets where "Pixels" will debut in the following weeks. Meanwhile, Universal's ‘Minions’ continued to prove its worth at theatres, ranking the third with a take of $22.1 million.