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Warner Bros.’ The Meg blew past all expectations in its North American debut over the weekend, swimming to $44.5 million from 4,118 theaters. The shark pic marks Warner Bros.’ biggest domestic opening of the year so far, while debuting to $96.8 million overseas for a global bite of $141.3 million, supplanting Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One ($41.8 million) and Ocean’s 8 ($41.6 million).
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 12, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meg, The | Warner Bros. | $44,500,000 | 4,118 | $10,806 | $44,500,000 |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Paramount | $20,000,000 | 3,888 | $5,144 | $161,967,284 |
| 3 | Disney’s Christopher Robin | Disney | $12,430,000 | 3,602 | $3,451 | $50,019,317 |
| 4 | Slender Man | Sony | $11,325,000 | 2,358 | $4,803 | $11,325,000 |
| 5 | BlacKkKlansman | Focus Features | $10,800,000 | 1,512 | $7,143 | $10,800,000 |
| 6 | Spy Who Dumped Me, The | Lionsgate | $6,600,000 | 3,111 | $2,122 | $24,560,385 |
| 7 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Universal | $5,820,000 | 2,812 | $2,070 | $103,829,200 |
| 8 | Equalizer 2, The | Sony | $5,500,000 | 2,373 | $2,318 | $89,645,928 |
| 9 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | $5,110,000 | 2,589 | $1,974 | $146,887,391 |
| 10 | Ant-Man And The Wasp | Disney | $4,048,000 | 1,863 | $2,173 | $203,518,344 |
| 11 | Incredibles 2 | Disney | $3,532,000 | 1,545 | $2,286 | $589,874,600 |
| 12 | Dog Days | Mirror/LD Entertainment | $2,630,000 | 2,442 | $1,077 | $3,670,972 |
