Weekend Box Office Shows Family Films, "Secret Life of Pets" big Winners

LOS ANGELES, CA - Summer movies are in full swing at the box office. Over the past weekend at the movies, it is all about the kids with the top three earners as summer family friendly films.

Friday showed that people are desperate to see "The Secret Life Of Pets" with it's spectacular debut this summer weekend, with an estimated $103.2 million in ticket sales.

The Universal Pictures film is the sixth-highest opening total for an animated movie ever, according to movie industry analysts at com Score.

"The Legend Of Tarzan" was second place this weekend, with $20.6 million in the till this weekend. Over 10 days of exhibitions, it has $81.4 million in North American ticket sales.

"Finding Dory" was third, with $20.4 million in weekend sales and $422.6 million in domestic sales over 24 days.

The ribald "Mike And Dave Need Wedding dates" debuted in fourth place, with $16.6 million in opening weekend sales.

Rounding out the 10 most-popular movies this week, as estimated by the studios, were "The Purge: Election" ($11.7 million), "Central Intelligence" ($8.1 million), "Independence Day: Resurgence" ($7.7 million), "The BFG" ($7.6 million), "The Shallows" ($4.8 million) and "Sultan" (a foreign- language film opening at $2.2 million).

— City News Service, photo courtesy of Universal Pictures