June 30, 2013
Monsters hold firm
LOS ANGELES, USA (AP) — Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy brought The Heat against Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx at the box office.
The Fox action-comedy starring the funny ladies as mismatched detectives earned US$40 million in second place in its opening weekend, topping the US$25.7 million debut haul of Sony’s White House Down, according to studio estimates yesterday.
The Disney-Pixar animated prequel Monsters University remained box-office valedictorian in its second weekend, earning US$46.1 million in first place.