'The Magnificent 7' beats 'Storks' to lead box office

Sony's "The Magnificent 7" beats over Warner Bros' feature cartoon film "Storks", leading weekend box office in North America.

Opening at 3,674 locations, "The Magnificent 7" was predicted to sell about $35 million worth of tickets in the United States and Canada, and be the most popular movie in North America this weekend.

"The Magnificent Seven" delivered an "A-" from opening day audiences on CinemaScore and currently holds a 63 per cent positive critics on RottenTomatoes.

"Storks" opened in second with an estimate of $21.8 million in projected sales from 3,922 locations in North America. First-night moviegoers give "Storks" an "A-" rating and critics rate 63 per cent positive on it.

"Storks" debuted in 33 international markets this weekend and brought in an estimated $18.3 million, China, Mexico, Russia, Brazil and Australia are included in the screening countries. In China, "Storks" finished second with an estimated $5.2 million, just a half million behind "Hotel Transylvania" in 2012.

And in third place, "Sully" was on track to deal $13.8 million in tickets this weekend, for a domestic running total of $92.4 million over three weeks.

The 10 most-popular movies this week were "Bridget Jones's Baby" ($4.5 million), "Snowden" ($4.1 million), "Blair Witch" ($3.4 million), "Don't Breathe" ($3.8 million), "Suicide Squad" ($3.1 million), "When The Bough Breaks" ($2.5 million) and "Kubo And The Two Strings" (1.1 million).

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