Twisters storms to the top of the box office with $80.5 million in ticket sales - but Deadpool & Wolverine looms like a dark cloud on the horizon as it prepares to hit theatres next week

Twisters created a large wind of business astatine nan container agency complete nan weekend, churning up an estimated $80.5 cardinal for it debut.

The action escapade starring Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos opened successful much than 4,100 theaters crossed nan US, according to TheNumbers.com.

Earnings person exceeded expectations, pulling successful $30 cardinal much than anticipated, resulting successful nan biggest opening for a unrecorded action movie this summer, truthful far.

'We had large aspirations for it to statesman with, and it surely exceeded those,' Jim Orr, who heads distribution for Universal Studios told ABC News.

'We’re earnestly over-indexing betwixt coasts which is nosy to spot arsenic well.'

The blockbuster has already opened successful immoderate world markets starring to a world return of $574.4 million, acold exceeding nan movie's $155 cardinal budget.

The movie received a lukewarm 78-percent standing by nan critics connected Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences were basking for nan precocious escapade focused connected a bully looking squad of large wind chasers. 

Although nan task had nary returning characters from 1996's Twister, starring Helen Hunt and nan precocious Bill Paxton, nan container agency net seemed to bespeak nan audience's affection for nan now-classic film.

Twisters position astatine nan apical of nan container agency whitethorn beryllium short lived. Next Friday, nan movie will person reliable title from nan merchandise of Deadpool & Wolverine.

The highly anticipated action escapade starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman is expected to debut pinch around $160 million.

The animated films, Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2, continued to do good astatine nan container office. 

Despicable Me 4, starring nan voices of Steve Carrell and Kristen Wiig, fell to 2nd spot aft 2 weeks astatine nan top, earning $23.8 million. 

Inside Out 2 remained astatine number three, pinch receipts worthy $12.8 million.

So far, nan animated adventure starring nan voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawk has enjoyed nan biggest container agency opening of nan year.

It has earned astir $600 cardinal successful nan US and pinch world summons sales, Inside Out 2 has collected a world full of much than $1.4 billion. 

Nicolas Cage's spooky Longlegs fell to 4th place, pinch net of  $11.7 million.

A Quiet Place: Day One rounded retired nan apical 5 pinch $6.1 million.

Fly Me to nan Moon starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum dropped to sixth place, pinch a payload of $3.3 cardinal its 2nd week successful theaters.

Bad Boys: Ride aliases Die was successful seventh spot its seventh week successful theaters pinch a return of $2.67 million. Global net for nan latest movie successful nan celebrated franchise presently total $388 million.

MaXXXine continued to lure fans to theaters. The bloody fright flick starring Mia Got arsenic a murderous Hollywood starlet made $819,242 for nan play and eighth place.

The Bikeriders pulled into ninth spot pinch and immoderate $700,000 and rounding retired nan apical 10 pinch $685,000 was Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1.