‘Shang-Chi’ Tops ‘Jungle Cruise’ In U.S. As ‘Free Guy’ Tops ‘Tenet’ In China

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings finished its 1st week in domestic theaters with $110 million. It gained $4.05 million on Thursday (down just 16% from Wednesday) to convey its domestic cume just previous the $107 million complete of Jungle Cruise. Presuming an around/under $34 million next-weekend gross (-55%) and $144 million ten-day overall, the Deston Daniel Cretton-directed actioner fantasy will conclude its second weekend in fifth location among all 2020/2021 releases.


It’ll be guiding only Sonic the Hedgehog ($146 million), A Quiet Location component II ($160 million), F9 ($173 million), Black Widow ($183 million) and Undesirable Boys for Everyday living ($204 million). The up coming week or two will ascertain whether or not it becomes the 1st movie considering that

‘The Suicide Squad’ Drops Record 71% As ‘Black Widow’ Tops ‘Tenet’

Alas, The Suicide Squad found no salvation in weekend, two, dropping a massive 70.5% from an already disappointing $26.1 million opening weekend. That’s the biggest drop ever for a “big” comic book superhero movie, below only the 78% drop for Shaquille O’Neal’s Steel (a $17 million WB flick that opened with just $870,068 in 1,260 theaters 23 years ago today) among all relevant comic book superhero flicks. Moreover, that Free Guy, an original, star-driven studio programmer (starring a leading man, Ryan Reynolds, whose bankability is at-best inconsistent outside of the Deadpool movies) opened with $28 million this weekend, shows that it wasn’t just about Covid. Say what you will about HBO Max, but Mortal Kombat-level viewership (and The Suicide Squad logged 20% fewer households on opening weekend) arguably only works when your movie cost $55