Box Office: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Wins Labor Day Weekend, 'Incredibles 2' Hits Another Milestone
"Crazy Rich Asians" worked HARD over Labor Day weekend.
The Avengers: Infinity War."
"Crazy Rich Asians" picked up an estimated $28.3 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend. It easily ed the $100 million mark, and now has a total of just over $117 million at the domestic box office. As THR noted, "Crazy Rich Asians" is now the most successful Hollywood studio romantic comedy since "The Proposal" in 2009. It also has potential to become the second highest-grossing rom-com of all time.
Once again, "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," which just had a series high opening in China.
New movie "very strong limited opening last week, took fifth with $7.6 million.
You really can't overemphasize this extraordinary moment for Asian representation on screen -- between "Crazy Rich Asians," "Searching," and the hugely popular new Netflix film "To All the Boys I've Loved Before."
"Mile 22."
"in mid-June, but still managed to take No. 11 at the domestic box office. And it just ed another milestone. It became the first animated movie -- and only the ninth film ever -- to make more than $600 million at the domestic box office. It's also the third Disney film to reach that milestone in this year alone, after "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity War."
"Incredibles 2" did better than new film "Kin," which opened in more theaters than "Operation Finale" but had to settle for No. 12 across the August 31-September 3 weekend.
Final end-of-summer numbers won't be in until Tuesday, but -- according to THR -- comScore predicted an uptick of 14.4 percent, which would be the best summer-over-summer increase in more than 20 years.
"White Boy Rick" follow on September 14.
[Via: The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Box Office Mojo, Variety]
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