Fresh surge in rankings for ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’
RECENTLY bumped from the top slot by the Chinese release of ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’, the sixth opus in the Mission Impossible franchise has a made a comeback to once again lead the international box- office rankings. The action spy movie is closely followed by ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and this summer’s blockbuster ‘ The Meg’, which, in the wake of a week of musical chairs, are now in second and third place, respectively.
Having sunk to fourth place last week, ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ has made a comeback to take back the lead in global box- office rankings. Christopher McQuarrie’s film took in US$ 96.1 million on the first weekend of September, which contributed to a total of more than US$ 647 million since its release. Quite a feat for the film’s two heroes, Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill, who have just finished their press tour of China. The duo easily unseated the latest Marvel Studios release, ‘Ant-- Man and The Wasp’, which went from first to fourth place in the rankings with US$ 17.1 million in receipts over the weekend. Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd will nonetheless be pleased with their film’s running total of US$ 594 million worldwide since its release two months ago.
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has overtaken this summer’s blockbuster ‘ The Meg’. With more than US$ 32.6 million, the film by Jon Chu with Michelle Yeoh (‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’) and Ken Jeong (‘Community’) is ranked second. Just behind it comes the science fiction thriller ‘ The Meg’ by Jon Turteltaub, which grossed more than US$ 28.2 million at the weekend. Nonetheless, Jason Statham takes a step down on the podium from second to third position.
Spike Lee has continued to disappoint with his comedy drama ‘BlacKkKlansman’, which was not placed in the global box- office top 10 at the weekend. However, the film, which tells the tale of an African-American detective who sets out to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, climbed a step to reach 12th position in the rankings with US$ 8.9 million of receipts at the weekend. And let’s not forget that Spike Lee’s latest won the Grand Prix at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in May 2018.
Global box- office top 10 (in millions of dollars) :
1. ‘ Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ - 96.1 2. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ - 32.6 3. ‘ The Meg’ - 28.2 4. ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ - 17.1
5. ‘ Hotel Transylvania 3 - Summer Vacation’ - 13.8 6. ‘Incredibles 2’ - 12.7 7. Searching - 11.6 8. ‘ The Equalizer 2’ - 11.4 9. ‘Alpha’ - 11 10. ‘Christopher Robin’ - 9.7