Universal Pictures’ “Cocaine Bear” couldn’t defeat Disney and Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” at the domestic box office this weekend, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.
The buzzy horror comedy debuted in second place at $23.1 million, behind the superhero sequel, which picked up $32.2 million in its second weekend for a North American cumulative of $167.3 million. The latest “Ant-Man” installment — one of the worst-reviewed Marvel movies of all time — also sustained a steep 70% drop in ticket sales during its sophomore run.
Directed by Elizabeth Banks, “Cocaine Bear” is loosely based on the true story of a black bear that ingested large amounts of cocaine after a drug smuggler’s plane crashed in a Georgia forest in 1985. The star-studded cast of the gory romp includes Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, Scott Seiss and the late Ray Liotta in one of his final roles.
