The robot action film ā€œPacific Rim Uprisingā€ has toppled ā€œBlack 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.

ā€œBlack 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 ā€œI Can Only Imagineā€ made $13.8 million in its second week to finish in third place.

The animated film ā€œSherlock Gnomesā€ opened with $10.6 million for fourth place.

Fifth place went to the video-game movie ā€œTomb 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 ā€œA Wrinkle in Timeā€ ($8 million); ā€œLove, Simonā€ ($7.8 million); ā€œPaul, Apostle of Christā€ ($5 million); ā€œGame Nightā€ ($4.1 million); and ā€œMidnight Sunā€ ($4.1 million).

—City News Service