Jungle Book Scores a Wild Win

Jungle Book ripped through the weekend box office like it was raised by a pack of wolves, taking in $103.6 million that USA Today notes "surpassed even wild expectations." The CGI film is playing well, with a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an A on CinemaScore, and now the second-highest April opening ever. Still, "This is a flat-out stunner. No one expected that The Jungle Book would make this much, the projections just continued to build throughout the weekend," a comScore analyst says. "And this wasn't just playing for kids and families. It played to audiences across-the-board like an action-adventure." Barbershop: The Next Cut opened at No. 2 with $20.2 million, while Melissa McCarthy's The Boss slipped to No. 3 with $10.2 million. Batman v. Superman rang up $9 million. (More box office stories.)