Star Trek Beyond Tops Box Office With $59.6 Million

Star Trek Beyond has landed at the top of the weekend box office in the US. Paramount’s latest outing with the Starship Enterprise soared to $59.6 million in North American ticket sales, knocking Universal’s The Secret Life Of Pets from the number one spot. Star Trek Beyond – which features Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto – is the third film since JJ Abrams rebooted the franchise in 2009.

The Secret Life of Pets was second, adding an additional $29.3 million (£22.3 million) to its stellar $260 million (£197.8 million) earnings to date. Warner Bros low-budget horror Lights Out tied with Ghostbusters for third place with $21.6 million (£16.4 million), while Fox’s animated Ice Age: Collision Course debuted with $21 million (£15.9 million).

Rounding out the Top 10 very distantly were Finding Dory in sixth with box office receipts of $7.2 million. The Legend Of Tarzan nabbed the number seven spot with $6.4 million. Ticket sales of $4.4 million put Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates in eighth, while the Indian film Kabali secured ninth with $4.1 million. And just making it into the Top 10 was Hillary’s America: The Secret History Of The Democratic Party with $3.7 million.

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