Weekend Box Office for June 14 - 16, 2013; Man of Steel is solid

Man of Steel soared with a $113 million opening weekend, beating Toy Story 3's former June record of $110 million. It actually took in $125 million by this point, but both MoS and This is the End had early openings on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, that slightly lowered their weekend grosses. It's the third-highest DC Comics film opening following The Dark Knight and its sequel, and more than doubles the $52.5 million opening of Superman Returns. The End performed similarly to other recent comedies featuring its stars like Superbad, Pineapple Express and Knocked Up, which opened with $23 - 33 million.

The Purge had one of the highest second weekend drops of all time, dropping from $34 to $8 million. It's still made considerably more than its budget, and horror movies are typically very front-loaded. The Hangover Part III just missed the top 10, totaling only $107 million after its fourth weekend. At this point, the first film had made over $180 million and was maintaining over half its audience from weekend to weekend. Next weekend, Monsters University and World War Z will likely take the family and sci-fi audiences from holdouts Epic, Star Trek, After Earth and Iron Man. See more box office estimates here.

Box office estimates for June 14 - 16, 2013:
(rank, title, weekend gross, % change, total gross, weekend #)

1	Man of Steel	$113,080,000	-	$125,080,000	1
2	This is the End	$20,500,000	-	$32,800,000	1
3	Now You See Me	$10,320,000	-45.8%	$80,009,000	3
4	Fast & Furious 6	$9,433,000	-51.9%	$219,574,000	4
5	The Purge	$8,201,000	-75.9%	$51,845,000	2
6	The Internship	$7,000,000	-59.6%	$30,951,000	2
7	Epic	$6,000,000	-49.5%	$95,429,000	4
8	Star Trek Into Darkness	$5,660,000	-50.5%	$210,491,000	5
9	After Earth	$3,750,000	-65.0%	$54,200,000	3
10	Iron Man 3	$2,908,000	-49.5%	$399,610,000	7