The robot action film āPacific Rim Uprisingā has toppled āBlack Pantherā from the top of the box office heap, taking in an estimated $28 million at theaters in the United States and Canada in its debut weekend, according to industry figures out Sunday.
āBlack Panther,ā which had finished first five weeks in a row, was in second place with $16.6 million at domestic theaters Friday through Sunday, comScore reported. The superhero film has now made more than $690 million domestically.
The faith-based film āI Can Only Imagineā made $13.8 million in its second week to finish in third place.
The animated film āSherlock Gnomesā opened with $10.6 million for fourth place.
Fifth place went to the video-game movie āTomb Raider,ā which took in $10.4 million in its second weekend in theaters.
Rounding out the 10 most-popular films of the weekend were āA Wrinkle in Timeā ($8 million); āLove, Simonā ($7.8 million); āPaul, Apostle of Christā ($5 million); āGame Nightā ($4.1 million); and āMidnight Sunā ($4.1 million).
āCity News Service