NEW YORK – Despite its heroes' diminutive size, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales.
According to studio estimates Sunday, the "Ant-Man" sequel, starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, easily surpassed the $57 million debut of the 2015 original in North America. The 20th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" comes on the heels of two mammoth Marvel successes this year: "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity War."
The two films that trailed "Ant-Man" at the weekend box office hit milestones. Disney's "Incredibles 2" passed "Finding Dory" to become Pixar's top-grossing film domestically, not accounting for inflation. It earned $29 million in its fourth weekend.
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With $28.6 million in its third weekend, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" crossed $1 billion worldwide.
Rounding out the top five: "The First Purge," the fourth installment in the horror franchise about the one-night-a-year free pass on crime, including murder, was No. 4 with $17.2 million. Sequel "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro's crime drama, finished fifth with $7.3 million.
Final figures are expected Monday.
Contributing: Kim Willis
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