'Cocaine Bear' gets high with $23.1M, 'Ant-Man' sinks fast
NEW YORK -- The gonzo R-rated horror comedy"Cocaine Bear" sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Marvel's"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" shrank unusually quickly in its second weekend.
"Cocaine Bear," scripted by Jimmy Warden and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller , managed to turn a bizarre true-life tale into a tongue-in-cheek box office hit. It's based on the real story of a 175-pound black bear who died in the Georgia mountains in 1985 after eating from a duffle bag of cocaine that had fallen from a smuggler's plane.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service "Cocaine Bear" managed to overperform despite mixed reviews from critics and a"B-" CinemaScore from audiences. Ticket buyers were 59% male, and 63% were aged 18-34. It added $5.3 million overseas."Quantumania" is more easily outpacing"Cocaine Bear" internationally, where it added $46.4 million over the weekend.
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