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Monday 11 April 2016
Melissa McCarthy’s ‘The Boss’ debuts to $23.5M at box office
DERRIK J. LANG Superman” has earned an This image released by Universal Studios shows Kristen Bell, seated left, and Melissa McCarthy,
AP Entertainment Writer estimated $296.7 million to seated right, in a scene from, “The Boss.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Step date.
aside, Batman and Super- “Batman v Superman” Associated Press
man. Melissa McCarthy is earned an additional $34
“The Boss” at the box office million in 67 international man and Ginnifer Goodwin The weekend’s only other romp “Hardcore Henry,”
now. markets, bringing its inter-
The actress’ latest comedy national total to $486.8 mil- has earned a total domes- newcomer, STX Entertain- opened in fifth place with a
narrowly topped “Batman lion.
v Superman: Dawn of Jus- When the final box office tic haul of $296 million. ment’s first-person action dismal $5.1 million.
tice” at the weekend box figures are released Mon-
office with a $23.5 million day, the DC Comics mash-
debut, according to com- up could end up overcom-
Score estimates Sunday. ing McCarthy’s R-rated Uni-
“The Boss” stars McCarthy versal comedy.
as an over-the-top busi- “It’s incredibly close,” said
ness mogul attempting to Paul Dergarabedian, com-
rebound after being con- Score’s senior media ana-
victed of insider trading. lyst. “It’s one of the closest
McCarthy’s win wasn’t a results between first- and
total knockout. The War- second-place films I’ve
ner Bros. superhero smack- ever seen. Anything can
down starring Ben Affleck happen. We’ll know for
as the Dark Knight and sure tomorrow.”
Henry Cavill as the Man Disney’s “Zootopia” landed
of Steel nabbed $23.4 mil- in third place with $14.4 mil-
lion in its third weekend. lion. In its sixth weekend,
Despite poor reviews and the animated film featuring
word of mouth, “Batman v the voices of Jason Bate-
