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With domestic weekend actuals, John Wick 3 opened to a whopping $57 million - 90% ahead of John Wick 2 and not far behind Mission: Impossible - Fallout. A Dog's Journey flopped with just $8 million, less than half of its predecessor; however, it opened higher in China with $11.1 million, and has very strong word of mouth there. China was also its predecessor's highest grossing market, with a total of almost $90 million. Meanwhile, The Sun is Also a Star didn't register at all with just $2.5 million.

As for holdovers, neither Endgame ($30 million, -53%) nor Detective Pikachu ($25 million, -54%) held all that well, and Endgame ($2.62 billion worldwide to date) is now thoroughly behind the pace it would need to beat Avatar. From here on out, Endgame would need weekly drops of approximately 33% to beat Avatar, versus the 50% range it's looking to settle into. As for Pikachu, it's likely to become the highest-grossing video game adaptation both domestically and worldwide. It's hard to say, though, if a potential $450 million worldwide finish with mediocre word of mouth is really good enough to nurture WB/Legendary's hoped-for franchise.
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