Albuquerque Journal

Another crazy rich weekend for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

- ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — “Crazy Rich Asians” isn’t slowing down. The romantic comedy topped the domestic charts again this weekend. Warner Bros. estimates that the film added an additional $22.2 million through Sunday, down only 10 percent from last weekend. To date, the film has grossed nearly $111 million in North America.

Should the pace hold through today, “Crazy Rich Asians” could also have one of the biggest Labor Day weekends ever.

It easily won out over the holdovers and a few newcomers, like the Nazi war crime film “Operation Finale” and the sci-fi thriller “Kin.”

Warner Bros.’ shark pic “The Meg” took second place with an additional $10.5 million, bringing its global total to $462.8 million. “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” in its fifth weekend, added $7 million for a third place finish.

“Operation Finale” landed in fourth place with $6 million. The film tells the story of how Mossad agent Peter Malkin captured Adolf Eichmann.

And the John Cho-led computer screen mystery “Searching” performed better than expected, bringing in an estimated $5.7 million through Sunday and rounding out the top five.

The sci-fi thriller “Kin” didn’t fare as well, opening with only $3 million from over 2,100 theaters.

Lionsgate and Pantelion’s Spanishlan­guage “Ya Veremos” opened to $1.8 million from 369 locations. And gothic thriller “The Little Stranger” launched on 474 screens to $420,000.

Box office tracker comScore is projecting that the 2018 summer box office will net around $4.39 billion, up over 14 percent from last year.

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