Crazy Rich Asians is getting richer and richer in the US, as the Jon M. Chu directed film dominated the box office for a third week in a row. Showing very strong staying power, the romantic comedy this week added an extra $22.2 million, for a domestic total of over $110 million.

As Americans embrace the strange habits of rich Chinese in Singapore and Warner Bros. is now definitely proceeding with a sequel, across the Pacific Ocean Chinese of all stripes were busy rushing to see Mission: Impossible – Fallout, giving Tom Cruise the best opening weekend of his career. With $77.3 million, this was also the biggest debut to date for the Mission: Impossible franchise.

The new action film, benefited from strong word of mouth and excellent reviews, like in the US. It did not hurt that Cruise, along with co-stars Henry Cavil and Simon Pegg were in Beijing last week selling it. Last but not least, the new Mission Impossible was widely promoted across its multiple platforms by Alibaba, which has a financial stake in Fallout. It has earned $650 million so far and is geared to finish its global run above $750 million.

The success of Tom Cruise’s movie had a negative impact on Disney and Marvel’s Ant-Man and The Wasp. Last week it was the Chinese champion, but this time around the sequel had a fall of 83% and was good for just $11 million on its second weekend in the PRC. Still, with a global total about to cross the $600 million mark, it’s way above the original Ant-Man.

Second spot in the global charts went to Crazy Rich Asians, which benefited from a spectacular $5.4 million launch in Australia. CRA has been playing in 24 international territories so far, for a global total of more than $130 million. Among its top markets is Singapore ($1.1 million) where the film was shot.

Third place goes to The Meg. In its fourth weekend in North America, the shark thriller starring Jason Statham earned $12 million, for a domestic total of $122 million. Overseas, it added an extra $17.7 million, for a foreign total of $342 million and a global of $462 million.

Back to the domestic market, to find a newcomer you have to go down to the fourth spot. It belongs to Operation Finale, a historical drama about the capture in Buenos Aires in 1960 of Adolf Eichmann, one of the architects of the Holocaust. Ben Kingsley plays Eichmann, Oscar Isaac is a Mossad agent. Chris Weitz directed. Rounding out the top domestic five was Searching, a horror film starring John Cho. In its second weekend, it generated $5.7 million.

With Labor Day weekend behind us, the summer box office has officially come to an end. Audiences keep flowing in larger numbers into theaters in China and in Korea, in France and in Mexico, and also in some newer markets such as South Africa and the Philippines. As far as the domestic market goes, some setbacks back in May brought new predictions about the upcoming demise of the theater experience. With $4.4 billion so far, the fifth-best of all time, looks like those reports were greatly exaggerated.

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