DISNEY blockbuster 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', featuring Marvel's first leading Asian superhero, dominated the North American box office for its fourth weekend, taking in US$13.2 million (RM55.28 million), industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said on Sunday.
That estimated figure, for the Friday-through-Sunday period, kept the film – which stars Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu as a former assassin in the shadow of an evil father (Hong Kong legend Tony Leung) – well ahead of its closest rival, newcomer 'Dear Evan Hansen'.
The musical teen drama starring Ben Platt, distributed by Universal Pictures, was set to take US$7.5 million, knocking 20th Century's sci-fi comedy 'Free Guy' to third with US$4.1 million. It stars Ryan Reynolds as an everyman bank teller who discovers he's actually a non-player character in a huge video game.
Fourth went to Universal's slasher film 'Candyman', a reimagining of the 1992 classic, which took in US$2.5 million.
That nudged it just past 'Cry Macho', the gritty Warner Brothers drama by Clint Eastwood, who directs and stars as a retired rodeo rider helping a teenager and his fighting rooster leave Mexico. It earned US$2.1 million.
Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' leapfrogged over another horror movie, 'Malignant," to take the sixth spot with US$1.7 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
"Malignant" (US$1.5 million)
"Copshop" (US$1.3 million)
"Paw Patrol: The Movie" (US$1.1 million)
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