Melissa McCarthy And Sandra Bullock Put The Heat On Monsters University With Box Office No.2
It was a big weekend for the U.S Box office, with Monsters University and World War Z both posting big returns. The Heat, though, was possibly the biggest surprise, bagging an impressive $40m weekend.
Image caption A long-haired Pitt entertains the crowd at the World War Z premiere
Another film in its second week, World War Z, managed a surprise $29.8 million to ramp up the total to $123.7 million. This, considering the mixed reviews and the troubles while shooting, is a great performance, and will probably inspire a further flurry of box office activity next weekend as the word gets out that it’s ‘actually quite a fun film’. Elsewhere, White House Down grabbed $25m to get fourth spot, and, in its third week, Man of Steel managed just over $20m to complete the top 5.