'Ant-Man and the Wasp' tops N. American box office

Ant-Man and the Wasp opened with $76 million from 4,206 North American locations, making it the 20th consecutive Marvel film to open No. 1 at the box office.

The 2018 American superhero film, starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, flew to a worldwide opening of $161 million, including $85 million from overseas markets.

Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film is the sequel to 2015's Ant-Man, and the twentieth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

The film is directed by Peyton Reed and written by the writing teams of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, and Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari.

Meanwhile, the family film Incredibles 2 earned $29 million and narrowly stole the No. 2 spot from Universal's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which ranked No. 3 domestically with $28.6 million for a total of $333.3 million.

Offshore, the science fiction adventure film earned another $26.7 million for a foreign tally of $725.3 million.

Universal and Blumhouse's The First Purge debuted on Independence Day, followed in fourth place domestically with $17.2 million for a five-day debut of $31.1 million.

Internationally, the film, directed by Gerard McMurray, has gathered $10.9 million from its first 26 markets for a global bow of $42 million.

Also in the top five is Sony's Sicario: Day of the Soldado. The Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin-led sequel picked up another $7.6 million, its the domestic tally to $35 million. With $4.2 million overseas, Soldado has collected $39.2 million.