Box office: ‘Magnificent Seven’ rides to $34.7M

NEW YORK — Propelled by a diverse cast led by Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, Antoine Fuqua’s “The Magnificent Seven” topped North American theaters with $34.7 million in ticket sales in its debut weekend.

The appeal of “The Magnificent Seven,” made for about $90 million by MGM and distributed by Sony, rested partly in presenting an old-fashioned Western with a more modern cast. The film is a remake of the 1960 John Sturges Western, which itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai.”

The animated Warner Bros. release “Storks,” about birds who have given up baby deliveries for consumer goods, opened in second place with $21.3 million, according to final studio figures Monday.

1. “The Magnificent Seven” $34,703,397 / $34,703,397 (1)

2. “Storks” $21,311,407 / $21,311,407 (1)

3. “Sully” $13,537,270 / $92,100,717 (3)

4. “Bridget Jones’s Baby” $4,656,690 / $16,594,365 (2)

5. “Snowden” $4,056,229 / $15,050,455 (2)

6. “Blair Witch” $4,053,785 / $16,232,480 (2)

7. “Don’t Breathe” $3,773,226 / $81,084,034 (5)

8. “Suicide Squad” $3,108,351 / $318,131,694 (8)

9. “When the Bough Breaks” $2,515,605 / $26,628,954 (3)

10. “Kubo and the Two Strings” $1,124,384 / $45,975,957 (6)