Box office

DO ZOMBIES HAVE B.O.? They do indeed, to the tune of a higher-than-projected $66m, as World War Z proves the naysayers wrong, with great word of mouth and boffo reviews, as they used to say back in the day. (It’s high on our must-see list, for sure.) But the Mark Forster film carried on the broad shoulders of Brad Pitt wasn’t able to surge past the reliable family fare of Monsters University (must’ve been Randy Newman’s score that cinched it). Man of Steel was no shrinking violet in its second week, and there were enough returning stoners hitting the cineplex with their Gpens to keep This Is the End in the Top 5. Now You See Me, in case you’d forgotten, is the one with magicians pulling a series of “now you see it, now you don’t” heists—get it? How do they come up with this stuff? (6/24a)

1. Monsters University (Disney) – $82 m, 4,004 theaters, $20,480 avg.
2. World War Z (Paramount) – $66m, 3,607 theaters, $18,298 avg.
3. Man of Steel (WB) – $41.2m, 4,207 theaters, $9,797 avg.
4. This Is the End (Sony) – $13m, 3,055 theaters, $4,255 avg.
5. Now You See Me (Lions Gate) – $7.9m, 2,823 theaters, $2,788 avg.

More at Hollywood.com. (6/24a)