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Seventh is Now You See Me 2, one of those confused and unnecessary sequels of 2016. The magic movie earned $5.7 million in its third frame, dropping a not bad 40%. It's all too little too late, though, as it has a budget of around $100 million and a domestic gross of $52 million. The overseas total has crossed the $100 million mark, but the trick is busted on Lionsgate and another hoped for franchise.

Eighth is X-Men: Apocalypse, the almost low point in the X-Men canon. This weekend, its fifth, X-Men earned $2.5 million and was off 53%. It has limped past X-Men First Class and its $146.4 million, and is going to have to stretch to beat the original X-Men's $157.3 million earned in 2000. So far, it has $151.1 million on the domestic side and $373 million overseas.

Ninth is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. The Paramount film earned $2.4 million and fell 54%. It leaves the top ten with a domestic total of $77.1 million.

Alice Through the Looking Glass is tenth, as it winds down its sad run. This weekend, it earned $2.1 million, and the sequel with promise is going to grind out fairly close to its current total, which sits at $74.6 million.

Finishing outside of the top ten this weekend are Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book. Cap vs Iron Man earned $1.4 million and brought its total up to $403.9 million. The Jungle Book earns $1.2 million and finds its domestic total at $358 million. Combined, the worldwide tally for both films has reached $2.07 billion.

Overall , the box office performed nicely despite the soft openings for Independence Day: Resurgent and Free State of Jones. The top 12 films this weekend earned $182.1 million, which is at least in the same ballpark as last year when the top 12 brought in $176.8, led by Jurassic World's third weekend gross at $54.5 million. Next weekend brings more interesting features, as Spielberg's The BFG opens, along with The Legend of Tarzan for Warner Bros. and The Purge: Election Year for Universal. I'm thinking there will be a lot of pressure to perform again, just like this weekend.

Top Ten for Weekend of June 24-26, 2016
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Finding Dory	Walt Disney Pictures	73.2	-46%	286.6
2	Independence Day: Resurgence	20th Century Fox	41.6	New	41.6
3	Central Intelligence	Warner Bros.	18.4	-47%	69.3
4	The Shallows	Sony	16.7	New	16.7
5	Free State of Jones	STX Entertainment	7.8	New	7.8
6	The Conjuring 2	Warner Bros.	7.7	-50%	86.9
7	Now You See Me 2	Lionsgate	5.7	-40%	52.1
8	X-Men: Apocalypse	20th Century Fox	2.5	-53%	151.1
9	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Paramount	2.4	-54%	77.1
10	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Walt Disney Pictures	2.1	-50%	74.6
11	Warcraft	Universal	2.1	-71%	43.9
12	Me Before You	Warner Bros.	2.0	-53%	51.3

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