‘Crazy Rich’ rules box office for second week in a row
“Crazy” is the right word for it.
The romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians” dominated the box office for the second weekend in a row, adding $24.8 million in North American receipts, a drop of only 6 percent from its opening weekend, an almost unprecedented figure.
The Warner Bros. film, playing on more than
3,000 screens, has taken in $76.6 million in 12 days of release, according to figures from measurement firm
Comscore.
No live action wide release has ever maintained such a strong hold in that number of theaters without the help of a holiday weekend.
In second place, Warner Bros. shark attack flick
“The Meg” also continued to perform well in its third weekend, adding $12.8 million in ticket sales for a cumulative $105 million.
The big disappointment was STX Entertainment’s “The Happytime Murders,” which debuted at No. 3 with $9.5 million. It cost about $40 million to make.
The R-rated farce takes place in a version of Los Angeles where humans coexist with puppets (instantly recognizable as Jim Henson Company creations). Directed by Brian Henson, son of the late Muppets creator, the film stars Melissa Mccarthy as a human cop who investigates the murders of a classic children show’s former cast.
Besides opening below expectations, the film earned negative reviews from audiences and critics with a C-minus rating on Cinemascore and a 22 percent “rotten” rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” now in its fifth week, landed at No. 4 with an additional $8.1 million and a cumulative $194 million.
Rounding out the top five, STX Entertainment’s “Mile 22” added $6.4 million in its second week for a cumulative $25.5 million.
Another newcomer, Global Road Entertainment’s “A.X.L.,” debuted at No. 10 with
$2.8 million. The film, about a boy who befriends a robot dog on the run, earned mixed reviews with audiences and critics with a B-plus rating on Cinemascore and a 22 percent “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.