In a surprise to no one,Crazy Rich Asianswill officially top the weekend box office for a third straight weekend in a row. That makes the romantic comedy only the fourth film of 2018 to pull a three-peat, followingJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,Black Panther, andAvengers: Infinity War. It’s obviously all the more impressive consideringCrazy Rich Asiansis merely an extremely well-made romcom and not some big budget superhero bonanza.
As of Sunday, the Warner Bros. film has scored $22 million so far—an astounding drop of just 10% from its second weekend—and is estimated to pull in around $27 million to $30 million for the Labor Day holiday weekend. If it makes more than $30 million, it’ll break the Labor Day record set byRob Zombie’sHalloweenin 2007—although that film set the record on itsopeningweekend, so ifCrazy Rich Asiansbreaks it for its third week of release that’s another impressive feat altogether.
With this weekend’s tally, the film’s domestic total now stands at $110 million. DirectorJon M. Chuhas said he merely dreamed a film like this could get above $100 million, but for it to do so in such a short amount of time is a testament to the filmmaking, audiences’ hunger for a genuinely good (i.e. not lazy) romcom, and WB making a film that speaks intimately to a severely underserved and underrepresented section of audiences.
Warner Bros. also holds the #2 slot for the weekend, which goes toThe Megin its fourth week of release. TheJason Stathamfilm picked up $10 million to bring its domestic total to $120.5 million, but its worldwide tally is already over $450 million—this one’s definitely getting a sequel.
As for new releases, Sony’sSearchingpulled in an impressive $5.6 million at only 1,207 locations—a mere fraction of the number of theaters that the other major films are playing in, and roughly half the locations of Lionsgate’s sci-fi thrillerKinwhich pulled in only $3 million for the weekend. Additionally, MGM’s thrillerOperation Finalelaunched with $6 million from 1,818 locations.
Mission: Impossible – Falloutcontinues to do gangbuster business, coming in at #3 with $6.9 million for the weekend and heading for a four-day total of $9 million. The film has now pulled in over $204 million domestically, surpassing the $195 million domestic total ofRogue Nationand eyeing the $209 million domestic total ofGhost Protocol. If it can cross $215 million domestic it’ll beatMission: Impossible II’s franchise record. The critically acclaimed sequel finally bowed in China this weekend, pulling in a franchise-best opening day total of $25 million and a weekend total of $77 million. So its current $559.5 million worldwide total should get a hefty boost in the coming weeks.
Check out the weekend’s Top 10 estimates below, though keep in mind these don’t include estimates for Monday’s holiday.
Crazy Rich Asians
$22,235,000
$110,961,388
$10,530,000
$120,516,416
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
$7,000,000
$204,346,529
Operation Finale
$6,000,000
$7,727,095
$5,700,000
$6,208,480
Disney’s Christopher Robin
$5,032,000
$85,440,868
$4,450,000
$27,372,220
The Happytime Murders
$4,410,000
$17,025,694
BlacKkKlansman
$4,140,000
$38,330,825
$3,580,000
$31,776,334
