‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ straight into the number one spot at the global box office after opening weekend

“X-Men: Apocalypse” has gone straight to the number one spot at the global box office after opening in several territories ComScore reports.

“X-Men: Apocalypse” has gone straight to the number one spot after it’s opening weekend at the global box office.
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The latest instalment in the X-Men franchise, which opens this week in North America, sees director Bryan Singer again at the helm with James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult all reprising their roles as X-Men superheroes.

The film took $103.30M on its opening weekend to make its debut at the top of the chart, with recent releases “The Angry Birds Movie” and “Captain America: Civil War” still holding onto places in the top three.

After dominating the charts previously Disney’s “Zootopia” is also still holding onto a place in the top ten.

Here are the top 10 weekend worldwide box office estimates for the weekend ending May 22:

1. X-Men: Apocalypse – Fox – $103.30M

2. Angry Birds Movie, The – Sony – $94.500M

3. Captain America: Civil War – Disney – $63.814M

4. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising – Universal – $27.788M

5. Jungle Book, The – Disney – $18.417M

6. Nice Guys, The – Multiple – $12.190M

7. Divergent Series: Allegiant, The – Multiple – $11.120M

8. Wailing, The – FIP – $11.100M

9. Money Monster – Sony – $9.880M

10. Zootopia – Disney – $6.403M