
Ticket sales for “War Room” dropped slightly in its second week, but not as much as “Straight Outta Compton,” from Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBC/Universal, which takes the number two spot with $8.7 million. “A Walk in the Woods” from Broad Green Pictures and EuropaCorp’s “The Transporter Refueled” opened this weekend, and the box office estimates are $8.2 million and $7.2 million, respectively. “Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation” from Viacom Inc.’s (NASDAQ: VIAB) Paramount Pictures manages to squeeze in between them for the number four spot, with $7.2 million.
Another surprise is the appearance of Pantelion’s “Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos,” from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF), a Mexican animated comedy that may come in at number eight on the charts with $3.4 million — from just 395 theaters. This 3D family fare reportedly had the widest release for a Mexican animated film in history.
In addition, Universal reported this weekend that “Jurassic World” crossed the $1 billion threshold at the international box office. That makes it only the fourth film to ever reach the milestone, after 1997’s “Titanic,” 2009’s “Avatar” and this year’s “Furious 7.”