"Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2" crushed it at the box office this weekend, taking in $145 million in its opening weekend. That's significantly higher than the first "Guardians", which opened to $94.3 million in August of 2014.
Obviously nothing else came close. "The Fate of the Furious" finished a very distant second, with $8.5 million.
Here's the Top 10 . . .
1. NEW: "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2", $145 million.
2. "The Fate of the Furious", $8.5 million. Up to $207.1 million in its 4th week.
3. "The Boss Baby", $6.2 million. Up to $156.7 million in its 6th week.
4. "How to Be a Latin Lover", $5.3 million. Up to $20.7 million in its 2nd week.
5. "Beauty and the Beast", $4.9 million. Up to $487.6 million in its 8th week.
6. "The Circle", $4 million. Up to $15.7 million in its 2nd week.
7. "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion", $3.2 million. Up to $16.2 million in its 2nd week.
8. "Gifted", $2.1 million. Up to $19.2 million in its 5th week.
9. "Going in Style", $1.9 million. Up to $40.6 million in its 5th week.
10. "Smurfs: The Lost Village", $1.8 million. Up to $40.6 million in its 5th week.