Well below, in second place, was 20th Century Studios and Disney’s Free Guy with $5.8 million. Its worldwide cume after two weeks is $257.6 million. Meanwhile, the film has added $112 million from overseas to date, which may sound low, but makes sense when you consider that it still hasn’t been scheduled for release in China-one of Marvel’s biggest markets. Earning a $8,322 per-screen average in 4,300 theaters, Shang-Chi has now racked up $145.6 million domestically. (In fact, the PG-13-rated extravaganza starring Simu Liu and Awkwafina is holding on far better than its recent stablemate, Black Widow, which nosedived -67.8% in its second frame). Breaking down Shang-Chi’s sophomore week numbers, the film’s North American haul of slightly less than $35.8 million translated to a -52.5% fall-off from the prior session-which may sound steep but is actually pretty consistent with Marvel’s pre-COVID second-weekend declines. In fact, Shang-Chi’s resounding success as a theatrical exclusive led the studio to announce last week that its remaining titles for 2021 (which includes Marvel’s Eternals and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story) would follow Shang-Chi’s lead and open only in theaters before making their way to its streaming platform a month and a half later. The latest entry in the still-thriving MCU, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has proven that Disney’s pandemic-era hybrid model (where it simultaneously released its splashiest titles in theaters and on Disney Plus for a $30 surcharge) may be becoming a thing of the past. Meanwhile, Warner Bros.’ latest chiller-thriller, Malignant, proved to be terrifying but in all the wrong ways, scaring up an underwhelming $5.5 million in its domestic bow. The superhero tentpole also crossed the $250 million mark globally. A week after the Marvel blockbuster’s record-breaking Labor Day roll-out, the film not only held on to the top spot with relative ease, thanks to its nearly $35.8 million sophomore weekend haul, it also roared past Black Widow to become the fastest film to reach the $100 million milestone in North America this year. You can now add sustained box-office might to Shang-Chi’s already-impressive array of superpowers.
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