# Box Office: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Bows with $7.5-M; ‘Shang-Chi’ Still #1

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By Paul Ebeling · 2021-09-26
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Marvel's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' stayed atop the box office chart in its 4th weekend and it became the Top-grossing film of the VirusCasedemic era domestically.

In North America, *Dear Evan Hansen*‘s weak launch was offest by the fact that the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical cost less than $30-M to produce, a modest sum for a major Hollywood studio offering. Audiences liked the coming-of-age story giving it an A-CinemaScore.

Sleeper hit *Free Gu*y from 20th Century and Disney, placed #3 in its 7th weekend with $4.1-M for a domestic take of $114.1-M. Globally, the film has cleared $317.4 -M after jumping the $200-M mark internationally Sunday. 

In North America, Universal and Blumhouse’s horror offering *Candyman* came in #4 in its 5th frame with $2.5-M for a domestic tally of $56.8-M and $73-M worldwide.

Clint Eastwood’s *Cry Macho*, which rounded out the Top 5, fell 52% in its 2nd weekend to $2.1-M for a 10-day domestic take of $8.3-M. The Warner Bros. release is also available on HBO Max.

Elsewhere

Searchlight and Disney’s *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* expanded nationwide in its 2nd weekend. The specialty offering, directed by Michael Showalter, earned an estimated $621,000 from 1,367 locations for a cume of $1.5-M. Jessica Chastain stars.

Netflix opened filmmaker Antoine Fuqua’s crime-thriller *The Guilty*, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, in some 50 theaters across the country ahead of the movie’s 1 Oct.ober debut on the streaming service, but didn’t disclose grosses

Have some fun, see a movie in a theater this week, Keep the Faith!

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