'Shang-Chi' tops box office for 3rd straight weekend

NEW YORK – “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is the apical movie astatine the container bureau for the 3rd consecutive weekend, but the muted reception for Clint Eastwood's “Cry Macho” suggests older moviegoers inactive aren't arsenic anxious to instrumentality to theaters.

Marvel's “Chang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, collected an estimated $21.7 cardinal successful summons income implicit the weekend, according to workplace estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. merchandise has held amended successful theaters than astir films during the pandemic. Its 37% driblet successful the 3rd play is the champion third-week clasp for immoderate Marvel movie ever.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Marvel's archetypal Asian superhero movie, has earned an estimated $320.6 cardinal worldwide. The lone occupation for “Shang-Chi” frankincense acold is simply a deficiency of a merchandise day successful China, which hasn't cleared the movie for merchandise successful the country, the world's largest but highly censored movie market.

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While “Shang-Chi” is playing lone successful theaters, Warner Bros. released “Cry Macho” simultaneously successful theaters and connected HBO Max — arsenic the workplace has each 2021 films. During the pandemic, younger moviegoers person been much apt to flock to theaters, and the assemblage for “Cry Macho” was 89% implicit the property of 35, Warner Bros. said. The film, which Eastwood directed and stars successful arsenic a erstwhile rodeo prima hired to bring a young antheral location from Mexico, opened with an estimated $4.5 million.

Warner Bros., which has distributed 44 films with Eastwood for a full of $3.8 cardinal successful container office, lone celebrated the 91-year-old director's latest. “Clint Eastwood is simply a Warner Bros. institution,” said Toby Emmerich, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, successful a statement. To observe Eastwood's 50 years of directing, the workplace volition re-release six of his films — from “Dirty Harry” to “American Sniper” — successful theaters and connected HBO Max this fall.

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The brushed debut of “Cry Macho” allowed Disney's “Free Guy,” with Ryan Reynolds, to instrumentality the No. 2 spot successful its sixth week of merchandise with $5.2 million. It has grossed $108.6 cardinal successful the U.S. and Canada, and $298 cardinal globally.

“Copshop,” an enactment thriller starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo, besides struggled to marque an impression. The Open Road and Briarcliff merchandise launched with $2.3 million.

In constricted release, Searchlight Pictures' “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” starring Jessica Chastain arsenic the televangelist, debuted successful 450 theaters with astir $700,000 successful summons sales. It expands to much than 1,000 theaters adjacent week.

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