Box Office Battle: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ opens with huge $73.5M

"Shazam! Fury of the Gods" placed number 2 with another $9.7M

"Box Office Battle" is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Lionsgate’s (LGF.B) “John Wick: Chapter 4” opened to a huge $73.5M domestically from 3,855 locations. Overseas, the fourth installment in the franchise earned $64M from 71 markets for a global cume of $137.5M. The movie, which stars Keanu Reeves as the expert assassin nicknamed Baba Yaga, received an A CinemaScore from audiences.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Warner Bros. (WBD) “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” fell to number 2 with $9.7M in its second outing. Behind it was Paramount’s (PARA) “Scream VI” with another $8.4M for a domestic total of $90.4M and $139.3M worldwide. MGM (AMZN) and Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” placed number 4 with $8.36M for a domestic tally of $140.9M. Rounding out the top five, Sony’s (SONY) “65” grossed an estimated $3.4M for a domestic cume of $27.9M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “John Wick: Chapter 4” – $73.5M
2. “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” – $9.7M
3. “Scream VI” – $8.4M
4. “Creed III” – $8.36M
5. “65” – $3.4M

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