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Box office: Alien: Romulus is a late-summer success, albeit a qualified one

Box office: Alien: Romulus is a late-summer success, albeit a qualified one

Dollar-wise, it had the 2nd-biggest opening in the 45-year-old franchise's history. But in terms of the number of tickets sold, it had one of the smaller openings.

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Cailee Spaeny does her best Ripley impression in Alien: Romulus.

A few of this week’s highlights:

  • Alien: Romulus had the 2nd-best opening in the Alien franchise’s history, but one of the weaker openings once you adjust for inflation.

  • Deadpool & Wolverine entered the all-time Top 20 in North America, and is now also the top-grossing R-rated film of all time worldwide.

  • The top animated movie was… Coraline, which got a 15th-anniversary re-release! But Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2 continued to have two of the best week-to-week holds, despite the “competition”.

And now, a few more stats and facts re: this week’s top ten, title by title:

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