There’s no doubt Amy Schumer is the biggest reason R-rated comedy “Trainwreck” broke out at the box office this weekend, but she had plenty of help.
The comedian’s star power went supernova as “Trainwreck,” which Schumer also wrote, blew past analysts’ expectations and tracking with a $30 million third-place opening, final Monday figures show. That was behind only the debut of Marvel’s “Ant-Man,” which took in $57 million for Disney, and another Universal Pictures release, Illumination Entertainment’s animated “Minions,” which had a $49 million second weekend.
The success of “Trainwreck” broke a run of underwhelming performances by R-rated comedies — the big-screen version of HBO’s hit “Entourage,” Melissa McCarthy’s well-reviewed “Spy” and “Ted 2.”