Spy smashes Entourage to top US box office

ESPIONAGE comedy Spy gives Melissa McCarthy her first number one hit but sales are still sluggish at the US box office.

Melissa McCarthy landed her first number one hit as a leading lady for the espionage comedy Spy.

MELISSA McCarthy left the guys of Entourage in the dust, landing her first No 1 box-office debut as a leading lady with an estimated $30 million weekend for the espionage comedy Spy.

THE result added to the string of successes for McCarthy and writer-director Paul Feig.