Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remained at the top of the domestic box office in its second weekend, earning $35.8 million from 4,300 screens for a total of $145.6 million in North America. That’s the record for the highest second-weekend gross of the entire pandemic, eclipsing Black Widow’s $25.8 million second weekend. Shang-Chi will run exclusively in theaters for 45 days from its release, while Black Widow was available through the Disney+ streaming platform. Shang-Chi dropped 53% in its second weekend, which is quite a solid performance compared to other recent Disney releases – Black Widow (-68%), Jungle Cruise (-55%) and Cruella (-49%).
Internationally, Shang Chi added $35.2 million in 42 countries for an overseas total of $112 million. The film collected 257.6 million dollars at the global box office. Top markets include the UK ($16.4M), South Korea ($10.7M), France ($7.5M), Russia ($6.1M), Japan ($5.5M) , Hong Kong ($5.1 million), Germany ($5 million), Brazil ($4.6 million), Mexico ($4.4 million), Spain ($4 million), Italy ($3.2 million) and Singapore ($3.2 million). The film is scheduled to be released in New Zealand next weekend, but there is no release date in China yet.
The one in theaters only Disney’s The Protagonist, produced under the 20th Century Studios brand, took second place in North America with $5.8 million from 3,650 screens in its fifth weekend — falling 35 from its all-time total. %. The film crossed the $100 million mark ($101.8 million in North America), while its overseas haul added another $174.4 million to reach $276.5 million worldwide. China continues to lead internationally with $76.3 million, followed by the UK with $19.7 million, Russia with $10.4 million and France with $5.1 million.
The best debutant this weekend was the horror studio Warner Bros. (Malignant), which grossed $5.5 million from 3,485 screens. The film grossed $6.3 million in 69 countries for an international cume of $9.5 million and $15.1 million worldwide. Russia led all new openings with $953K from 1,079 screens, followed by the UK with $574K from 630 screens and Mexico with $514K from 1,340 screens. Spain continues to be the leading foreign market with a turnover of 1.4 million dollars. Nuance: Malignant is available for daily viewing at home by HBO Max subscribers.
Universal’s theater-exclusive Candyman nearly beat out Malignant despite being in its third weekend of release. The film added $4.8 million from 3,279 screens to reach $48 million domestically. The film has an additional $13.5 million from 53 foreign countries.
Focus Features launched the second-biggest opening weekend for a special title of the year from acclaimed director Paul Scharder (The Card Counter). The title earned $1.1 million from 580 screens, with Los Angeles and New York leading across the board and taking 30 percent of the box office.