By JAKE COYLE, AP Movie Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings” is the top rated movie at the box workplace for the third straight weekend, but the muted reception for Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” implies more mature moviegoers still are not as eager to return to theaters.

Marvel’s “Chang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings,” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, gathered an believed $21.7 million in ticket income about the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. release has held much better in theaters than most films for the duration of the pandemic. Its 37% drop in the 3rd weekend is the greatest third-week keep for any Marvel movie at any time.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings,” Marvel’s initial Asian superhero movie, has gained an approximated $320.6 million around the globe. The only issues for “Shang-Chi” therefore much is a deficiency of a launch day in China, which hasn’t cleared the movie for launch in the country, the world’s largest but remarkably censored movie industry.

Whilst “Shang-Chi” is playing only in theaters, Warner Bros. introduced “Cry Macho” simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max — as the studio has all 2021 films. In the course of the pandemic, young moviegoers have been more probably to flock to theaters, and the audience for “Cry Macho” was 89% in excess of the age of 35, Warner Bros. mentioned. The movie, which Eastwood directed and stars in as a former rodeo star hired to provide a young person residence from Mexico, opened with an believed $4.5 million.

Warner Bros., which has distributed 44 movies with Eastwood for a full of $3.8 billion in box office environment, only celebrated the 91-calendar year-previous director’s latest. “Clint Eastwood is a Warner Bros. establishment,” reported Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Photos Group, in a statement. To rejoice Eastwood’s 50 a long time of directing, the studio will re-launch 6 of his films — from “Dirty Harry” to “American Sniper” — in theaters and on HBO Max this slide.

The delicate debut of “Cry Macho” permitted Disney’s “Free Male,” with Ryan Reynolds, to just take the No. 2 spot in its sixth 7 days of release with $5.2 million. It has grossed $108.6 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $298 million globally.

“Copshop,” an motion thriller starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo, also struggled to make an perception. The Open up Street and Briarcliff launch released with $2.3 million.

In limited launch, Searchlight Pictures’ “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” starring Jessica Chastain as the televangelist, debuted in 450 theaters with about $700,000 in ticket profits. It expands to much more than 1,000 theaters subsequent 7 days.

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