NEW YORK (AP) – Holdovers “The Lego Batman Movie” and “Fifty Shades Darker” led the North American box office for a second week, while Matt Damon’s “The Great Wall” – a hit in China, where it was made – struggled in its domestic debut.
Warner Bros.’ “The Lego Batman Movie” was No.1 again, selling $42.7 million in tickets over the four-day holiday weekend, according to final figures Tuesday from comScore. Universal’s “Fifty Shades Darker,” which led overseas business, earned $22.7 million Friday through Monday.
But Universal’s critically panned action epic “The Great Wall,” the most expensive film ever made in China with a budget of $150 million, failed to make as much of an impact as it did on the other side of the world. After racking up $171 million in China earlier this year, the North American bow of director Zhang Yimou’s film netted $21.5 million. New releases “Fist Fight,” the Fox comedy starring Ice Cube and Charlie Day ($14.1 million), and Gore Verbinski’s “A Cure for Wellness” ($5 million) also struggled.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by comScore:
1. “The Lego Batman Movie,” Warner Bros., $42,744,131, 4,088 locations, $10,456 average, $107,310,445, 2 weeks.