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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 26 March 2018
'Pacific Rim: Uprising' dethrones 'Black Panther'

By JAKE COYLE and Canada theaters.
AP Film Writer "One movie isn't enough
NEW YORK (AP) — It took six to support a whole mar-
weeks but "Black Panther" ketplace," said Paul Der-
has finally been unseated garabedian, senior media
as the top film at the North analyst for comScore. "We
American box office. The need a real shot in the arm
monsters vs. robots science- here. 'Pacific Rim,' that's a
fiction sequel "Pacific Rim: fine opening. But we need
Uprising" dethroned the su- bigger numbers to be put
perhero sensation with $28 up."
million in ticket sales, ac- "Pacific Rim: Uprising"
cording to studio estimates could point to better results
Sunday. abroad, where it grossed
But the result for "Pacific This image released by Universal Pictures shows a scene from "Pacific Rim Uprising." $122.5 million over the
Rim: Uprising," a Universal (Legendary Pictures/Universal Pictures via AP) weekend. The July 2013
Pictures-Legendary Enter- original, directed by Guill-
tainment release that cost place with $16.7 million rising above "Star Wars: The his big-budget virtual-reali- ermo del Toro, was likewise
$150 million to make, was in its sixth weekend, Ryan Last Jedi." ty spectacle "Ready Player conceived as an East-West
soft — at least domesti- Coogler's film notched an- The record-breaking hit of One." hybrid tailored after clas-
cally. Like the recently re- other box-office milestone. "Black Panther" has been The weekend was down sic kaiju movies, the Japa-
leased "Tomb Raider," its It's now the highest-grossing followed by a string of lack- 36.5 percent from last year, nese giant monster genre.
biggest business was in Chi- superhero film ever in North luster performers, including according to comScore, It launched with $37.3 mil-
na, where "Pacific Rim: Up- America, not accounting "Tomb Raider," ''A Wrinkle in when "Beauty and the lion domestically and $45
rising" debuted with $65 mil- for inflation. The film's $631 Time" and "Red Sparrow." Beast" was in its second million in China. The $411
lion for Legendary, which million in domestic ticket ''Pacific Rim: Uprising" may week and the surprisingly million worldwide haul for
the Chinese conglomerate sales has surpassed the have taken down "Black successful "Power Rangers" del Toro's film was enough
Wanda Group acquired in $623 million of 2012's "The Panther," but a blockbust- debuted. And despite the to prompt a sequel, even if
2016. Avengers." ''Black Panther" er heir to still hasn't been firepower of "Black Pan- enthusiasm for a second in-
And even though "Black also becomes the fifth high- found. Next weekend, Ste- ther," the year is running 2.6 stallment was considerably
Panther" slid to second est grossing film of all-time, ven Spielberg will try with percent behind 2017 at U.S higher in Asia. q