“The Angry Birds Movie” hopped to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, booting “Captain America” into second place, according to industry data released on Monday.
The 3D animated take on the popular video game features a trio of flightless birds — Red, Chuck and Bomb — who take out their anger on an invasion of purple pigs. The Sony production pulled in $38.2 million its first weekend in North American theaters, topping last week’s box office leader, “Captain America: Civil War,” according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.
That action-packed blockbuster and its cast of Marvel superheroes raked in another $32.9 million over the weekend for a cumulative total of $347.2 million after just three weeks in theaters.
Third place went to new-on-the-block “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” a comedy starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron that scored $21.8 million its first weekend out.
