Boss Baby overtook Beauty and the Beast at the box office this weekend, ending a three-week streak from by the Disney remake.
The animated comedy earned $49 million from 3,773 locations during its opening weekend. Beauty and the Beast earned $48 million — adding to its total domestic gross of $395.5 million.
Paramount’s Ghost in a Shell, starring Scarlett Johansson, also debuted this weekend and earned an underwhelming $19 million.
Boss Baby follows Baldwin’s suit-clad baby who wages a battle against puppies, with the help of his brother. The film also stars Steve Buscemi, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy Kimmel and Tobey Maguire. Dreamworks Animation produced the film for $100 million and Fox distributed it.
