--- description: The figure falls just short of initial estimates, but snags first place from 'Minions' title: Ant-Man Wins Weekend Box Office With $58 Million image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt828b68123560a663/69885b82524fc00fbcdf3a1d/antman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Ant-Man_ Wins Weekend Box Office With $58 Million by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 19, 2015 4:48 PM CUT  Marvel's Ant-Man Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal © Marvel 2015 Marvel's Ant-Man Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal © Marvel 2015Zade Rosenthal—Marvel by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 19, 2015 4:48 PM CUT Looks like _Ant-Man_ isn’t so little after all. Marvel’s latest superhero film debuted to an estimated $58 million this weekend, falling just short of initial estimates but still outstripping _Minions_ to snag first place. On one hand, _Ant-Man_ failed to meet expectations of $60 to $65 million, and it earned the weakest debut ever for a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie (unless you count _The Incredible Hulk_, which opened to $55.4 million in 2008). But Paul Rudd’s superhero debut still earned first place, which means that the MCU is now 12 for 12 for #1 openings (and that’s including _The Incredible Hulk_). _Ant-Man_ was never expected to reach _Avengers-_level numbers at the box office, and although it didn’t manage to crack $60 million, it wasn’t too far off from other MCU debuts like _Captain America: The First Avenger_ ($65.1 million) and _Thor_ ($65.7 million). But even though _Ant-Man_ came in first place, the biggest winner of the weekend might actually be _Trainwreck._ Even though it placed third with an estimated $30.2 million, that’s well above early predictions, which had Amy Schumer’s debut landing somewhere in the mid to high teens. Even though Schumer has basically ruled TV these past few months (and [she’s proved that she’s hot enough to be on television](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/06/inside-amy-schumer-dildo-12-angry-men "undefined")), this was the first real test of whether she could carry a feature film. Based on these box office numbers (and [generally solid reviews](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trainwreck/ "undefined")), we should expect to see more from Schumer on the big screen soon. Meanwhile, _Minions_ took a pretty steep hit of 57 percent in its second weekend, falling to an estimated $50.2 million. The _Despicable Me_ spinoff topped the charts last weekend, earning the second biggest animated debut ever, and this weekend brought its domestic total to a whopping $216.7 million after only 10 days. At the same time, _Inside Out_ regained its lead over _Jurassic World_, snagging fourth place by only about $300,000\. But _Jurassic World_ did get some good news this weekend: Its domestic total is now $611.1 million, making it only the fourth film in history to cross $600 million at the domestic box office. Here are this weekend’s top five at the box office: **1\.** [**_Ant-Man_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/08/ant-man-ew-review "undefined")**— $58 million** **2\.** [**_Minions_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/minions-ew-review "undefined")**— $50.2 million** **3\.** [**_Trainwreck_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/14/trainwreck-ew-review "undefined")**— $30.2 million** **4.**[**_Inside Out_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/16/inside-out-ew-review "undefined")**— $11.7 million** **5\.** [**_Jurassic World_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/10/jurassic-world-review "undefined")**— $11.4 million** _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/19/box-office-report-ant-man-trainwreck "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3963787/ant-man-weekend-box-office-win/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3963787/ant-man-weekend-box-office-win/"},"headline":"Ant-Man Wins Weekend Box Office With $58 Million","datePublished":"2015-07-19T16:48:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:22:57.664Z","description":"Beats out 'Minions' and 'Trainwreck' for the top spot","url":"https://time.com/3963787/ant-man-weekend-box-office-win/","keywords":["movies","Marvel","paul rudd","ant-man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt828b68123560a663/69885b82524fc00fbcdf3a1d/antman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt828b68123560a663/69885b82524fc00fbcdf3a1d/antman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"antman paul rudd","caption":"antman paul rudd","creditText":"Zade Rosenthal—Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3963787/ant-man-weekend-box-office-win/","name":"Ant-Man Wins Weekend Box Office With $58 Million"}}]}] ```