Box office update: 'Monsters University' and 'World War Z' have scary good Friday; 'Man of Steel' sinks | Inside Movies | EW.com

Box office update: 'Monsters University' and 'World War Z' have scary good Friday; 'Man of Steel' sinks

"Monsters University topped the box office on Friday with a monstrous $30.5 million. That’s better than the $24.6 million that Brave started with en route to a $66.3 million debut, but lower than the $41.1 million that Toy Story 3 earned on Friday on the way to a $110.3 million debut. Monsters University will likely finish between those two films, perhaps with about $75-80 million in its first three days.

In second place, Brad Pitt vehicle World War Z broke out with a terrific $25 million. The zombie thriller, which reportedly cost over $200 million to produce (Paramount is admitting to $190 million), may earn about $63 million over the Friday-to-Sunday period. For a movie whose production was famously troubled, World War Z marks a major marketing win for Paramount. It will easily become the biggest opening of Brad Pitt’s career.

Man of Steel plummeted 71 percent from its first Friday to $12.7 million."