Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings opened as the No. 1 movie globally and at No. 1 in all key international markets, delivering an estimated $132.3 million.
- Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings blew away all expectations domestically, delivering an estimated $75.5 million three-day ($93 million+ four-day) to become the second highest opening of the past year, only below Black Widow’s $80 million.
- The film also set the record for the highest Labor Day weekend opening by a considerable margin.
- The film opened No. 1 in all key markets to $56.8 million with all regions over-performing versus pre-release expectations.
- The film garnered several notable achievements in its opening weekend, including:
- Highest opening 3-day weekend during the pandemic era in the U.K.
- Highest opening weekend during the pandemic era in Kuwait, Iceland, Chile and Peru
- Highest ever September industry opening weekend in Hong Kong
- Critical response and audience ratings for the film have been exceptional, with a 92% Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes critics score with a 98% verified audience rating; an “A” CinemaScore; and 5/5 stars from PostTrak polling from general audiences and parents.
About Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings:
- The story focuses on Shang-Chi’s relationship with his father, who closed him off from the outside world while he trained in the martial arts, only to release him later to do his bidding. Shang-Chi would eventually learn that his father was not the man he thought he was. Now he must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
- Check out Mack’s review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings here.