Meantime, the supernatural horror pic Oculus "tackles" the Kevin Costner football film Draft Day.
Pamela McClintock of THR:
Carlos Saldanha's Rio 2 couldn't topple Captain America: The Winter Soldier after all.
Seeing far less of a family bump than anticipated on Saturday, the 3D animated sequel grossed $39 million from 3,948 theaters in its North American launch. Captain America 2's gross totaled $41.4 million, representing a respectable 56 percent decline from last weekend.
Globally, Disney and Marvel Studio's Captain America 2 has now earned a massive $476.1 million worldwide -- eclipsing the $370.6 million earned by the first Captain America in its entire run. It has also earned more than the first Thor ($449 million).
Overseas, Fox Animation and Blue Sky's Rio 2 narrowly won the weekend race with a $62.3 million, compared to $60.6 million for Captain America 2. Rio 2 began rolling out in select foreign markets late last month, but made its biggest push this weekend. It has now earned $125.2 million internationally for a global total of $164.2 million.
Based on Friday's numbers, Rio 2 was likewise expected to win the North American race with $45 million. However, traffic was only up 28 percent from Friday to Saturday, compared to the usual 60 percent to 70 percent for a family title (Captain America 2, faring better, was up 49 percent). Studio insiders say good weather in much of the country could have kept parents and smaller kids otherwise occupied.
Rio 2, returning Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway in the voice leads and earning an A CinemaScore across all demos, matched the $39 million debut of the first Rio exactly three years ago.
This time out, parrots Blu (Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) and their three offspring strike out on a trip to the Amazon rainforest with their owners, Linda (Leslie Mann) and Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro). The voice cast also sees the return of will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement and Jake T. Austin. New voice cast members include Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth and Rita Moreno.
Elsewhere, new supernatural thriller Oculus, costing under $5 million to make, beat Ivan Reitman's football drama Draft Day, starring Kevin Costner.
From director Mike Flanagan, Oculus placed came in No. 3 with $12 million from 2,648 theaters. Relativity is releasing Oculus in association with Jason Blum's Blumhouse, MICA Entertainment and WWE Studios. Teaming for the first time, Relativity and Blumhouse acquired U.S. rights to Oculus at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival for $2.5 million.
The supernatural horror title, earning a C CinemaScore, stars Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane and Katee Sackhoff.
From Summit Entertainment, Draft Day grossed $9.8 million from 2,781 locations to come in No. 4. The movie, receiving a B+ CinemaScore, stars Costner opposite Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliott and Sean Combs. Reitman's company, Montecito Pictures, produced the $25 million film with OddLot Entertainment.
At the specialty box office, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton and Mia Wasikowska, scored the top location average of the weekend ($24,244) as it opened in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the movie in the U.S.
The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, opened to $64,506 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles for a location average of $16,126. The Weinstein Co. is the domestic distributor.
On Wednesday: You will discover that Heaven Is For Real when the the book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, comes to life on the big screen. On Friday: Johnny Depp has an out of body experience of sorts in "The Dark Knight" cinematographer Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence. Get scared silly with the horror spoof sequel A Haunted House 2, Finally Disney Nature presents Bears.
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