Box Office Battle: 'Us' soars to historic $70M U.S. debut

Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK) subsidiary Universal's "Us" debuted to a historic $70.3M at the domestic box office over the weekend. Overseas, Jordan Peele's movie took in $16.7M from 47 markets for a global bow of $87M. "Us" sports a B CinemaScore and a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (DIS), "Captain Marvel" fell to number 2, with another $35M in North America and a domestic tally of $321.5M. Behind it was Viacom (VIAB) subsidiary Paramount's "Wonder Park," earning $9M in its second weekend for a domestic total of $29.5M. Lionsgate's (LGF.A) "Five Feet Apart" placed number four with another $8.8M in its sophomore outing for a 10-day domestic tally north of $26.5M. Rounding out the top five, Comcast subsidiary Universal's "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" grossed an estimated $6.5M in its fifth weekend for a domestic cume of $145.8M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include AT&T (T) and Sony (SNE).