Despite the box office mettle of both The Boss Baby and Beauty and the Beast, the big story this weekend was the dismal No. 3 debut of the Scarlett Johansson’s live-action adaptation of the anime manga classic Ghost in the Shell, which pulled in just $19 million in ticket sales at 3,440 locations.
Variety reports that DreamWorks/Twentieth Century Fox’s The Boss Baby has debuted at No. 1 at this weekend’s box office with $49 million in ticket sales, edging Beauty and the Beast’s take of $48 million.
The Boss Baby opened in 3,773 locations as opposed to Beauty playing in 4,210 locations with only a 47 percent drop in business from a week ago.
The Boss Baby’s debut is impressive considering that trade publication says computer-animated family comedy, budgeted at over $100 million, was projected to debut in the $30 million range.