LOS ANGELES (AP) – Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” performed even better than expected in its second weekend in theaters, adding $90.4 million to its North American grosses, which now tally at $319 million.
“Beauty and the Beast” easily topped the crop of newcomers – including Lionsgate’s “Power Rangers,” which got off to a solid start with $40 million – and a few less successful debuts as well.
The sci-fi thriller “Life,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds opened in fourth place, behind “Kong: Skull Island,” with a middling $12.5 million, while the big screen take on “CHIPS” only managed to bring in $7.7 million in its first weekend in theaters for a seventh place start.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:
1. “Beauty And The Beast,” Disney, $90,426,717, 4,210 locations, $21,479 average, $319,032,604, 2 Weeks.