BOX OFFICE: ANT-MAN Expected To Stay At #1 This Weekend Ahead Of PIXELS

BOX OFFICE: ANT-MAN Expected To Stay At #1 This Weekend Ahead Of PIXELS

Never doubt the power of Marvel Studios! Despite competition from Pixels this weekend, it appears as if the overwhelmingly negative reviews for the video game centric movie have done it no favours, and Ant-Man will stay at #1 for the second week in a row. Read on for details!

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By JoshWilding - Jul 25, 2015 08:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Ant-Man
Source: Deadline
Pixels opened at #1 on Friday with $9.2 million, but the latest estimates predict that it will fail to retain that spot for the weekend. Instead, it will be Ant-Man which just manages to beat it to the top of the North America box office with $26.1 million compared to Pixel's $23.8 million.

This could change as these sorts of estimates can sometimes be off by a few million every now and again, but with such negative buzz surrounding the Adam Sandler led release, it's hard to imagine it getting a sudden increase thanks to positive word of mouth and a so/so B CinemaScore.

Ant-Man continues to do well regardless. If it does earn around $26 million this weekend, that will be a drop of only 55%, a fairly strong hold and less of a decline than both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Incredible Hulk (they fell by 60%). What did you decide to watch this weekend?
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Kyos
Kyos - 7/25/2015, 8:36 AM
newmutantsRETURNS
newmutantsRETURNS - 7/25/2015, 8:55 AM
Pixels is a horrndous film...even my 12 year old son hated it...Sandler's magic is definately gone..
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 7/25/2015, 8:55 AM
Pixels got really bad reviews, I'm not all that surprised. Ant-Man deserves the top spot more anyway.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 7/25/2015, 9:01 AM
This is a possible underestimate of a Sandler family picture. Remember when Grown Ups 2 had a bigger opening than Pacific Rim?
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 7/25/2015, 9:03 AM
Sheesh, but will it survive...



so far I'm hearing a few mixed things about M:I:5 still expecting it to be a fun ride though.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 7/25/2015, 9:04 AM
Even if it doesn't make #1 this weekend domestically I'm sure it'll still thrive internationally.
marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 7/25/2015, 9:04 AM
Good to hear. I wonder if the box office takings will warrant a sequel. But Phase 3 is pretty packed as it is.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/25/2015, 9:06 AM
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 7/25/2015, 9:11 AM
Another hit for Marvel and the audience loves it?!?!?! Haters eating crow AGAIN???? No way!?!?!?!
MarvelFan15
MarvelFan15 - 7/25/2015, 9:14 AM
I hope Ant-Man stays at #1 so it can delight Marvel enough to convince them to release the sequel in November 2019 to be the new end to Phase Three.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/25/2015, 9:15 AM
LOL how many people actually thought that Pixels was going to beat Ant-Man?
MarvelFan15
MarvelFan15 - 7/25/2015, 9:18 AM
Not me.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/25/2015, 9:19 AM
Glad this movie is doing well. Easily one of my top 3 standalone marvel films!
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 7/25/2015, 9:19 AM
I kinda wanted to see Pixels after the first trailer was released because of Peter Dinklage, but Adam Sandler has offset any interest that I had. Even in the trailers he looks depressed
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/25/2015, 9:19 AM
I'm still taking the nephews to see "Pixels." Don't expect it to top "Ant-Man."
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 7/25/2015, 9:20 AM
@TheOracularNerd

I don't really go on RT much but Mission Impossible 5 has a 96% on RT right now after 25 reviews, I think that's good, not sure though, I'm guessing it could change
MindQuad
MindQuad - 7/25/2015, 9:23 AM
Why are people pretending this shit film had any competition? lol
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/25/2015, 9:26 AM
Gonna be seeing Southpaw today. Can't [frick]ing wait!
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 7/25/2015, 9:28 AM
"Competition"
DCFan1984
DCFan1984 - 7/25/2015, 9:29 AM
That's kick ass for Marvel. I guarantee if Ant Man doesn't have the Marvel stamp on it. It would have far less money so far at the box office. I enjoyed the film,it didn't feel like a Marvel movie, only when they dropped hints and easter eggs, and Falcons appearance. Otherwise it felt like a heist flick. I expected Pixels to have a lackluster performance at the box office. Adam Sandler hasn't had real funny movie's since the 90's, Bulletproof with Damon Wayne's is one of my favorites. His best movie in the last ten years is Click....IMO. Wish he would go back to comedies like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore. That train has sealed unfortunately, Sandler is old now lol.
DCFan1984
DCFan1984 - 7/25/2015, 9:39 AM
@ALegendaryPanda-I want to see Southpaw also man. Let me know what you think of it. I'm a big Eminem fan, he was executive producer for the soundtrack. I like what I hear so far. Em has a song with Gwen Stafani on it. Never would expect him to do a song with her.Kurt Sutter wrote the script and he wanted Eminem to co-produce but he stuck to doing just the soundtrack. Jake Gyllenhaal looks like a beast in all the trailers I've seen.
alibaba3317
alibaba3317 - 7/25/2015, 9:40 AM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 it still might........
DCFan1984
DCFan1984 - 7/25/2015, 9:41 AM
@OmegaDaGr0dd
I recently watched the Cobbler. Not too bad man. Definately not his worst.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/25/2015, 9:42 AM
0megaDaGr0dd

Fools of a Took.
sikwon
sikwon - 7/25/2015, 9:44 AM
The cobbler was good. It's wasn't really really funny but it was good.
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