The box office has a new head of the table as The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard has dethroned A Quiet Place Part II to take the top spot on box office charts, debuting with $11.6 million from 3,331 U.S. venues over the weekend. The film opened on Wednesday and has earned $17 million to date. The film stars Salma Hayek, Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson,
Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II moved to second place with $9.4 million from 3,401 locations, representing a 22% drop from the weekend prior. In the Heights, director Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical failed continued to struggle at the box office as the film fell to the No. 6 spot with $4.3 million in revenues from 3,509 theaters, a 62% decline from its opening weekend. The film has grossed $19.8 million on the big screen to date and has not done well overseas as it released in 31 overseas markets and foreign ticket sales have barely surpassed $2.1 million.
