Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Retains No. 1 Spot as Clint Eastwood’s ‘Cry Macho’ Craters

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Box office: ShangChi retains No. 1 spot as Clint Eastwood's CryMacho craters

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” crumbled in its debut, highlighting the disparity between the kind of movies people are willing to venture out to see during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, “Cry Macho,” the latest creative effort from the 91-year-old director of “Gran Torino,” “Million Dollar Baby” and “American Sniper,” failed to connect with its core audience of older moviegoers, a demographic that has been reticent to return to theaters with the delta variant of COVID-19 spreading. The Western drama collected $4.5 million from 3,967 screens, below expectations heading into the weekend. “Cry Macho” is the latest Warner Bros.

While films aimed at adult audiences have been a tough sell, CGI heavy action-adventures have been mainstays on movie theater marquees. Since it premiered only in theaters over the Labor Day holiday, “Shang-Chi” looks to become the first pandemic-era release to cross $200 million in North America. In a notable benchmark, “Shang-Chi” has surpassed Universal’s “F9: The Fast Saga” to stand as the second-highest grossing film of the year in the U.S. and Canada.

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Was there actually any danger of Shang Chi leaving the top spot

I didn't get very far watching CryMacho....

They aren't comparable films. They aren't going to attract the same demographic no matter what is going on.

Dasurv Tom ended Climt Flolwood with ease

Shang Chi is punching the money out of our wallet

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