The animated comedy Despicable Me 2 trounced the rebooted Lone Ranger this weekend. The sequel took in $82.5 million, easily winning the box-office crown.
Disney’s The Lone Ranger was a huge flop for the studio, earning $29.4 million.
Both films were released Wednesday, but that’s the only similarity between the animated sequel and the $225 million Disney Western, which could become one of the year’s biggest flops.
Through the first five days of release, Steve Carell’sDespicable Me 2 has made $142.1 million, the highest five-day debut on record for an animated film. It eclipses 2010’s Toy Story 3, which collected $141 million in its first five days.
The Lone Ranger, meanwhile, has come off the rails with a $48.8 million gross since Wednesday. Analysts had expected that number to be twice as big by the end of the weekend.
The Melissa McCarthy cop comedy The Heat was third with $25 million, followed byMonsters University with $19.6 million.
The Brad Pitt zombie film World War Z was fifth with $18.2 million.
Full holiday weekend estimates are due Monday.