LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Lionsgate and Millennium Media's action comedy film "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" led ticket sales at the North American box office with an estimated 11.67 million U.S. dollars between Friday and Sunday from 3,331 theaters in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.
The film, a sequel to the 2017 "The Hitman's Bodyguard," has grossed 17.02 million dollars in North America since its debut on Wednesday. The original "The Hitman's Bodyguard" earned 75.5 million dollars in North America and over 101.1 million dollars in international markets, including around 21.1 million dollars from the Chinese mainland.
Directed by Patrick Hughes, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek reprise their roles from the first film. Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman and Frank Grillo join the cast of the sequel.
In the film, suspended bodyguard Michael Bryce must once again team up with hitman Darius Kincaid and his even more volatile wife. The trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.
"The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" holds an approval rating of 25 percent based on 129 reviews to date on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes and a B CinemaScore from audiences.
Paramount's horror film "A Quiet Place Part II" came in second with 9.4 million dollars from 3,401 locations in its fourth weekend for a North American cume of 125.25 million dollars. The film became the first film in the COVID-19 era to surpass 100-million-dollar revenue mark in North America last week.
The sequel to the 2018 film "A Quiet Place" took in 15.7 million on its fourth international weekend in 45 markets for an international total of 96.7 million dollars.
American filmmaker John Krasinski directed and co-wrote both Quiet Place films about a family surviving in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe reprise their roles from the first film.
Following the deadly events at home, the family must now face the terrors of the outside world in the sequel as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
In the third place, Sony's animated adventure comedy film "Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway" brought in 6.1 million dollars from 3,346 locations in its second weekend. The film has grossed 20.32 million dollars to date in North America.
Directed by Will Gluck, the sequel to the 2018 "Peter Rabbit" stars the voice of James Corden as the title character. Adventuring out of the garden in the sequel, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.
Warner Bros. and New Line's horror film "The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It" landed in the fourth place with 5.15 million dollars from 3,280 locations in its third weekend, pushing its North American total to 53.6 million dollars.
The film serves as a sequel to the 2013 "The Conjuring" and the 2016 "The Conjuring 2." It is also the seventh film in the "Conjuring" Universe, which includes the first two "Conjuring" films, as well as "Annabelle" and "Annabelle: Creation," "The Nun" and "Annabelle Comes Home."
Directed by Michael Chaves and starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, the latest "Conjuring" film is based on a 1981 real-life murder trial, the first known court case in the United States in which the murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
Disney's crime comedy film "Cruella" rounded out the top five, amassing 5.1 million dollars from 3,110 theaters in its fourth weekend for a North American total of 64.73 million dollars.
Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson among others, the film, set in 1970s London amid the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, as she explores the path that will lead her to become a notorious up and coming fashion designer known as Cruella de Vil. Enditem