Glitz has won out over guns at the North American box office this weekend as the gilded romance Crazy Rich Asians took No. 1 over Mark Wahlberg's action-packed Mile 22, the AP reports. Studios on Sunday say that Crazy Rich Asians took in an estimated $25.2 million from 3,384 locations over the weekend. The film starring Constance Wu has banked $34 million since opening Wednesday, far surpassing early industry expectations.
It's a surefire win for the film distributed by Warner Bros., which cost $30 million to produce. Crazy Rich Asians outshone Warner Bros.' shark movie The Meg, which fell to second place with $21.2 million in its second weekend. Wahlberg's R-rated Mile 22 opened with an estimated $13.6 million. It had a $35 million production budget. Tied for fourth place were the prehistoric adventure Alpha and Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible—Fallout, both at $10.5 million, Variety reports.
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