http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-ted-magic-mike-channing-tatum-seth-macfarlane-tyler-perry-343953?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories%29Box Office Report: 'Ted' Earns Record $54.1 Mil;
'Magic Mike' Sizzles With $39.2 MilBoth films wildly overperform, while Tyler Perry's "Madea's Witness Protection"
also pleases with $26.4 million; overseas, "Ice Age: Continental Drift," "Amazing
Spider-Man" and "Ted" begin rolling out to big numbers.by Pamela McClintock
8:51 AM PDT 7/1/2012 Smashing records and setting off early holiday fireworks,
Seth MacFarlane's
Ted debuted to a massive $54.1 million at the domestic box office -- the best showing ever for an original R-rated comedy.
It wasn't the only R-rated winner of the weekend.
Steven Soderbergh's male striptease dramedy
Magic Mike likewise overperformed in a big way, grossing $39.2 million. It's the first time in history that two R-rated movies opened north of $20 million on the same weekend.
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Magic Mike -- confirming
Channing Tatum's rising star status and loosely based on his early days as a stripper -- also has plenty of reason to celebrate. The Warner Bros. pic generated intense interest among females, who made up a whopping 73 percent of the audience. Women of all ages turned out, with 43 percent of the audience over the age of 35.
The
Magic Mike cast also includes
Matthew McConaughey and
Alex Pettyfer. Warners acquired North American rights to the film for $7 million.
"This is a win-win for all of us, and Steven Soderbergh hit it out of the park," Warners president of domestic distribution
Dan Fellman said.
Magic Mike earned a
B CinemaScore.
Coming in No. 3 at the domestic box office was
Brave, which fell 48.7 percent in its second frame -- some box-office observers say moms were otherwise occupied with
Magic Mike -- to $34 million for a 10-day domestic cume of $131.7 million.
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