Box-Office: ‘Ant-Man’ Sizes Up To #1 With $58 Million, Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ Shows Solid Comedy Might

Comic-Con killed us last weekend, so we couldn’t get to the box office, but in case you somehow missed it, there two big takeaways were a massive hit and a big flop. “Minions” crushed the box-office with a $115 million haul — making for the first summer ever to feature four films that opened with $100 million plus (“Minions,” ‘Age of Ultron,’ “Jurassic World,"and “Furious 7”). The flop was Focus Features and Ryan Reynolds. Ironically, the actor was killing it in Hall H with the presentation of his upcoming irreverent superhero movie. "Deadpool," but meanwhile his in-theaters movie, "Self/Less," couldn't gross more than $6 million despite being on over 2,300 screens. Even Warner Bros.' no-name horror "The Gallows" opened with nearly $10 million. Better hope non-Comic-Con audiences turn out for “Deadpool.”

On to this week. It was Marvel vs. Amy Schumer, but also the second week rein of Universal’s “Minions.” There’s up and downs to all...