YOUR WEEKEND
BOX OFFICE

Denzel Washington’s The Equalizer 3 shoots straight to the top of the weekend box office chart as the summer season tops $4b in ticket sales.

Equalizer 3, co-financed by Sony, TSG and Eagle Pictures, pulled in $34.5m over the weekend, with a projection of $41m once the Labor Day tickets are counted. It’s the second-biggest Labor Day opening, behind 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($75m for three days; $94.6m counting the holiday).

Barbie became the highest-grossing film of the year over the last week, pulling in $612m in North America and $1.36b globally.

1. The Equalizer 3 (Columbia Pictures): $4.5m total; 3,965 screens/$8,701 average per screen (Debut)
2. Barbie (Warner Bros.): $10.63m total; 3,586 screens/$2,962 average per screen (Week 7)
3. Blue Beetle (Warner Bros.): $7.27m total; 3,316 screens/$2,192 average per screen (Week 3)
4. Gran Turismo (Sony Pictures): $6.55m total; 3,856 screens/$1,698 average per screen (Week 2)
5. Oppenheimer (Universal): $5.52m total; 2,543 screens/$2,170 average per screen (Week 7)