‘Despicable Me 2’ Leads Box Office as ‘Lone Ranger’ Misses
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Universal Pictures’ “Despicable Me 2” set box-office records in its debut over the July 4 holiday weekend, while Walt Disney Co.’s “The Lone Ranger” bombed, failing to match even last year’s megaflop “John Carter.”
“Despicable Me 2,” a comedy from Comcast Corp.’s film studio and Illumination Entertainment, took in $83.5 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters from July 5 to yesterday, building on a strong opening early in the week, Hollywood.com Box-Office said in an e-mailed statement. Its $143.1 million to date marks the biggest five-day opening ever for an animated feature.