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Posted September 26, 2021 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Shang-Chi Still King of the Mountain


Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remained perched atop the box-office weekend. This weekend, the film added $13.3 million to, yet again, best its nearest competition by $5.8 million.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posterFor a fourth straight week, the film finished in first place. This week, the film now has a four-week total of $196.5 million. Debuting in second place, was the dramatic musical, Dear Evan Hansen which rode somewhat mediocre reviews to the tune of $7.5 million. The Ryan Reynolds-led Free Guy dropped a spot to third, with $4.1 million, giving the film a grand total of $114.1 million thus far. Again, holding tightly onto the fourth spot was the horror film Candyman which added $2.5 million to give it a five-week tally of $56.8 million. Dropping from third to fifth place was Clint Eastwood’s return to the Western genre, Cry Macho which brought in $2.1 million, giving it $8.3 million during its first two weeks of release.

Climbing up a spot from last week to finish in the sixth spot was Disney’s Jungle Cruise, which added $1.9 over the weekend to give it a nine-week total of $114.9 million. Falling from fifth to seventh was the horror film Malignant, which took in $1.5 million to give it a somewhat disappointing three-week total of $12.3 million. In its second week, the crime thriller, Copshop, dropped two spots to finish in eighth place with $1.3 million over the weekend, giving it a total to date of $4.5 million. Also dropping a spot this week was PAW Patrol: The Movie, which, despite bringing in $1.1 million, now only boasts a six-week tally of $38.8 million.

Finally, the Indian romance Love Story, the weekend’s other new arrival, finished in tenth place with $971,000 in its first three days of release. Dropping out of the top ten of the weekend box office were The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which amassed a total of $1.5 million during its time in the spotlight and the horror film Don’t Breathe 2, which brought in a disappointing $31.6 million during its run.

Weekend Box Office (September 24th – September 26th)

  1. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings…$13.3 Million
  2. Dear Evan Hansen…$7.5 Million
  3. Free Guy…$4.1 Million
  4. Candyman…$2.5 Million
  5. Cry Macho…$2.1 Million
  6. Jungle Cruise…$1.7 Million
  7. Malignant…$1.5 Million
  8. Copshop…$1.3 Million
  9. PAW Patrol: The Movie…$1.1 Million
  10. Love Story…$971,000
Mike Tyrkus

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.