Ant-Man has continued his dominance at the top of the US box office, beating off a challenge by Adam Sandler’s critically mauled Pixels.
Marvel’s tiny superhero took $24.8m (£16m) over the weekend, bringing his US earnings to $106.1m (£68m).
Pixels, which scored generally unfavourable reviews on Metacritic, missed first place with $24m (£15.5m) on its debut weekend.
However, it attracted younger people with 62% of its audience aged under 25.
The comedy sees an alien race trying to wipe out mankind using 1980s video game characters like Pac-Man.
Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Rentrak – which provides box office figures – said Sandler can still attract an audience, but Pixels had a long way to go before making back its $88m (£57m) budget.
“They’re really going to have to count on the international component. That’s going to be key,” he said.
Despicable Me prequel Minions and Amy Schumer comedy Trainwreck took the third and fourth spots with $22.1m (£14.2m) and $17.3m (£11.1m), respectively.
Southpaw, an R-rated boxing drama, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, landed a strong uppercut, placing in the top five with a $16.5m (£10.6m) opening.
Paper Towns, an adaptation of John Green’s novel, starring British model Cara Delevigne, opened in sixth place with $12.5m (£8m), reports the BBC.
According to exit polls, 71% of its audience was female and 78% were under age 25.
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