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Ant-Man Tops Box Office, But Has Marvel's Lowest Domestic Opening Since Incredible Hulk

Minions takes second, Trainwreck debuts in third.

Marvel's tiny superhero outpaced Universal's Minions and Trainwreck at this weekend's box office.

Despite being number one, however, Ant-Man's $58 million debut pales in comparison to the vast majority of films set within the Marvel Comics universe. For the sake of comparison, Avengers: Age of Ultron more than tripled that earlier this year, earning a whopping $191 million in its first weekend.

Not only that, but Ant-Man marks the company's lowest domestic debut since The Incredible Hulk, falling a few million shy of Captain America: The First Avenger's modest $65 million opening. While Ant-Man is hardly the most recognizable character among comic book superheroes, this is probably not the opening Marvel was hoping for, especially in light of such positive critical reception.

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Meanwhile, Minions slipped to second place with $50.4 million, which outpaced Trainwreck's significantly lower, but surprisingly successful, $30.2 million debut. Inside Out and Jurassic World round out the top five, raking in $11.7 and $11.4 million, respectively.

Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:

1. Ant-Man $58 million

2. Minions $50.4 million

3. Trainwreck $30.2 million

4. Inside Out $11.7 million

5. Jurassic World $11.4  million

6. Terminator Genisys $5.4 million

7. Magic Mike XXL $4.5 million

8. Gallows $4 million

9. Ted 2 $2.7 million

10. Mr. Holmes $2.5 million

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