Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ dominates weekend box office

LOS ANGELES — Disney/Marvel‘s "Ant-Man" is living large, heading for a $58 million opening at the U.S. box office, while Amy Schumer‘s raunchy "Trainwreck" looks likely to launch with $29 million.

Updated estimates showed both new entries finishing at the lower range of Friday estimates -- which had hit $65 million for "Ant-Man" and $35 for "Trainwreck." And Universal‘s second weekend of "Minions" slid 60% to $46.6 million following its stellar start.

"Ant-Man," with Paul Rudd portraying a decidedly different Marvel superhero, dominated Friday‘s moviegoing with $22.6 million at 3,856 locations. The comic-book adaptation, which also stars Michael Douglas and Corey Stoll, has received impressive audience support with an A Cinemascore -- an indication that the film should show traction at multiplexes in the coming weeks.

Rudd portrays a con-man who uses his power -- a suit that enables him to shrink while increasing his strength -- to save the world. "Ant-Man," one of Marvel‘s most comic movies, carries a $130 million pricetag and is also opening in 50 foreign markets this weekend.

"Trainwreck," marking Schumer‘s feature debut in an R-rated romantic comedy, opened with $10.7 million on Friday and looks likely to match the first weekend of Fox‘s R-rated "Spy," which opened with $29 million on June 5-7. "Spy" showed impressive staying power and has hit $105 million in a month and a half.

Schumer, fresh off an Emmy nomination, plays a commitment-phobic woman in the film opposite Bill Hader and NBA superstar LeBron James. Comedy Central‘s "Inside Amy Schumer" racked up seven Emmy noms including a lead comedy actress nod for Schumer.

Illumination Entertainment‘s "Minions" scored $14.6 million on Friday. The animated comedy should finish the weekend with a 10-day U.S. cume of $213 million -- underlining a stellar year so far for Universal, which crossed the $5 billion mark in worldwide grosses in record-setting time.