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Los Angeles - 22 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops who return to college undercover, collected $60m in ticket sales at domestic theatres over the weekend, out-gunning animated How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Maleficent, Disney's take on Sleeping Beauty starring Angelina Jolie as the spell-casting evil fairy, was third with $19m. Maleficent has totaled $163.5m since its May 30 release, for a global total of more than $436m.
22 Jump Street started the weekend on a strong note, collecting $5.5m in ticket sales at Thursday night shows, according to Box Office Mojo, which called the take "awesome."
"The picture is aligned to be the second-biggest R-rated comedy of all time," said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony Pictures which distributed it, citing the strong debut which was the second-best R-comedy opening in history, after The Hangover 2.
Studio officials said How to Train Your Dragon 2 had been poised to open somewhere around $45m to $48m, "so going to $50m is phenomenal," said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox, the unit of 21st Century Fox that distributed the film.
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Aronson added that the coming weeks boded well for the film, with no animated features opening in the next month.
The Tom Cruise sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow,"about a soldier who relives each day after dying in battle, was fourth with $16.2m during a disappointing domestic run which has so far totaled $56.6m. It has added sales well over twice that much in international markets.
The Fault in our Stars, the $12m teen drama that led last weekend's box office, fell to fifth with sales of $15.7m. The film about a girl who finds love after being stricken with cancer has totalled $81.7m over its run.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 was produced by Dreamworks Animation and distributed by 21st Century Fox's Fox studio.
Sony's Columbia Pictures released 22 Jump Street. Walt Disney distributed Maleficent.
Edge of Tomorrow was distributed by Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner.
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