As entirely expected, Walt Disney undersold the opening weekend estimates for Marvel’s 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'
on Monday morning? Despite not unreasonable mostly Covid-specific concerns that it would open below “normal” for an MCU movie, the Simu Liu/Awkwafina/Tony Leung/Michelle Yeoh opened with a $75.5 million Fri-Sun/$94.7 million Fri-Mon holiday haul.
That’s not only arguably a best-case-scenario debut on a Covid curve, it’s pretty damn good for a non-sequel MCU movie even in conventional circumstances. and 52% smaller than, the biggest solo MCU origin story flicks werenabbed an opening right in between the $55-$65 million likes ofIron Man, Guardians of the GalaxyBen Schwartz in 'Sonic the Hedgehog' and Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Bad Boys For Life'earned on Labor Day 2007. It’s 2.7x the $6.9 million day-four and $7.
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