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Box-Office Weekend: Shang-Chi Remains King of the Box Office

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Yet again, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, maintained the top spot of the the box-office weekend in remarkably easy fashion, bringing in over $16 million more than its nearest competition.

For the third consecutive week, the Marvel juggernaut finished in first place. This week, the film added $21.7 million to give it a three-week total of $176.9 million. Meanwhile, last week’s second-place finisher, Ryan Reynolds and Free Guy, held firm in the second spot again this week, adding $5.2 million, to give the film a six-week total of $108.6 million. Third place belonged solely to the latest film from director Clint Eastwood, Cry Macho. The filmmaker’s most recent foray into the western milieu brought in $4.5 million in it first week of release. Holding steady in the fourth spot of this week’s countdown was Candyman, which added $3.5 million over the weekend to garner a four-week total of $53.2 million.

Dropping from third to fifth place this weekend was Malignant, which finished just behind it horror adversary Candyman with $2.7 million. This gives the film a two-week total of $9.8 million as it seems destined to suffer a quick exit from the top ten in the very near future and hopefully make most of its revenue via online sources. The second debut this weekend, the crime thriller, Copshop, finished in sixth place with $2.3 million over its opening weekend. Rolling down the river two spots to seventh place was Disney’s Jungle Cruise, which, despite boasting an eight-week total of $112.6 million, still only managed $2.1 million over the weekend. Also falling two spots this weekend was the animated film PAW Patrol: The Movie, which took eighth place with $1.8 million, while lifting its five-week total to $37.1 million. The third new film in this week’s top ten, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, debuted in the ninth spot, bringing in $675,000.

Finally, falling from seventh to tenth place in the weekend box-office was the horror sequel, Don’t Breathe 2, which finished just behind The Eyes of Tammy Faye with $665,000, giving the film a six-week total of $31.3 million as it seems ready to make its exit from the top ten.

Weekend Box Office (September 17th – September 19th)

  1. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings…$21.7 Million
  2. Free Guy…$5.2 Million
  3. Cry Macho…$4.5 Million
  4. Candyman…$3.5 Million
  5. Malignant…$2.7 Million
  6. Copshop…$2.3 Million
  7. Jungle Cruise…$2.1 Million
  8. PAW Patrol: The Movie…$1.8 Million
  9. The Eyes of Tammy Faye…$675,000
  10. Don’t Breathe 2…$665,000

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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