'Despicable Me 2' opens with $83.5 million weekend, stampeding over 'The Lone Ranger'

NEW YORK — Disney's "The Lone Ranger" got stampeded by the kind of movie the company built its reputation on: an animated crowd-pleaser.

Universal's "Despicable Me 2" earned $83.5 million over the weekend, a robust opening for the 3-D animated sequel. It came at the expense of the Johnny Depp Western, which opened far below expectations with $29.2 million, making it one of the summer's biggest flops.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com, are:

1. "Despicable Me 2," Universal, $83,517,315, 3,997 locations, $20,895 average, $143,074,960, one week.

2. "The Lone Ranger," Disney, $29,210,849, 3,904 locations, $7,482 average, $48,715,010, one week.

3. "The Heat," Fox, $24,763,907, 3,184 locations, $7,778 average, $86,259,195, two weeks.

4. "Monsters University," Disney, $19,716,347, 3,739 locations, $5,273 average, $216,253,979, three weeks.

6. "White House Down," Sony, $13,478,486, 3,222 locations, $4,183 average, $50,485,249, two weeks.

7. "Man of Steel," Warner Bros., $11,414,297, 2,905 locations, $3,929 average, $271,188,450, four weeks.

8. "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain," Summit, $10,030,463, 876 locations, $11,450 average, $17,391,167, one week.

9. "This Is the End," Sony, $5,870,167, 2,104 locations, $2,790 average, $85,674,320, four weeks.

10. "Now You See Me," Lionsgate, $2,853,191, 1,606 locations, $1,777 average, $110,498,603, six weeks.

12. "Fast & Furious 6," Universal, $1,073,565, 617 locations, $1,740 average, $235,488,675, seven weeks.

13. "The Way, Way Back," Fox Searchlight, $552,788, 19 locations, $29,094 average, $552,788, one week.

14. "Epic," Fox, $511,334, 428 locations, $1,195 average, $104,042,667, seven weeks.

15. "20 Feet From Stardom," Weinstein Co., $483,959, 89 locations, $5,438 average, $1,075,529, four weeks.

16. "Iron Man 3," Disney, $481,668, 294 locations, $1,638 average, $406,410,987, 10 weeks.

18. "The Internship," Fox, $459,735, 379 locations, $1,213 average, $42,762,538, five weeks.

19. "Much Ado About Nothing," Lionsgate, $420,781, 170 locations, $2,475 average, $2,946,070, five weeks.