Sony’s The Equalizer 3, starring fan favorite Denzel Washington, helped boost the North American box office to a post-pandemic high
The vigilante action film, which closes out the Equalizer trilogy, took in an estimated $34.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period and $42 million when the forecast for Monday – Labor Day in the US and Canada – is included.The film, also starring Dakota Fanning, again has Washington playing a retired US Marine and drug-enforcement agent, this time taking on a gang in southern Italy.
In third place for the second straight weekend was DC’s superhero flick Blue Beetle, at $7.3 million for three days and $6.5 million for four. Xolo Mariduena plays the Beetle.
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