Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan took his spot on the list of the top five highest-earning films in the USA this weekend. The revenge thriller that opened in cinemas on Thursday, took the fourth place with a collection of $6.2 million. The film managed to get the impressive numbers from just 813 locations around the country. Going by the numbers, this is currently SRK's best opening weekend collection in the US box office.
Jawan was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. It's success comes after Khan's action flick Pathaan, made a splash at the global box office early this year, earning an estimated $130 million worldwide.
While SRK's Jawan occupied the 4th spot, The Nun II, the sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the box office in its first weekend in North American theaters earning an estimated $32.6 million, the studio said Sunday. The Michael Graves-directed sequel starring Taissa Farmiga and Storm Reid fell far short of the debut for the first film ($53.8 million), but it's still a solid launch. The Nun movies are part of the so-called Conjuring universe, which now has nine films, and $2.1 billion in box office, to its name. The sequel also played well internationally, picking up $52.7 million from 69 markets (Mexico being the strongest with $8.9 million) and boosting its global debut to $85.3 million.
The Nun II bumped Denzel Washington's Equalizer 3 to second place in its second weekend. The Columbia Pictures release added $12.1 million, bringing its domestic grosses to $61.9 million and its worldwide earnings to $107.7 million.
Third place went to another new movie: The third instalment of Nia Vardalos's My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which arrives 21 years after the first film became a massive sleeper hit earning some $369 million against a $5 million production budget. Released by Focus Features in 3,650 theatres, the third film earned an estimated $10 million, overwhelmingly driven by female audiences (71%) who were 25 or older (83%).
Barbie, which comes to VOD on Tuesday, dropped to No. 5 after 8 triumphant weeks with $5.9 million from 3,281 locations. The Warner Bros. film has now made $620.5 million domestically.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Nun II," $32.6 million.
2. "The Equalizer 3," $12.1 million.
3. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," $10 million.
4. "Jawan," $6.2 million.
5. "Barbie," $5.9 million.
6. "Blue Beetle," $3.8 million.
7. "Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story," $3.4 million.
8. "Oppenheimer," $3 million.
9. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem," $2.6 million.
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