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Denzel Washington has no equal at the box office this weekend.
Here We Go Again, which will take in about $34.4 million.
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(That film went on to earn $192.3 million at the global box office.
)The Equalizer 2will add about $3.3 million in foreign markets this weekend.
Critics reviews wereunenthusiastic, but audiences gave it a solid A CinemaScore, suggesting good word-of-mouth prospects.
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Though it wont topThe Equalizer 2, fellow sequelMamma Mia!
Overseas, it will earn about $42.4 million this weekend.
Reviews forHere We Go Againwere generallypositive, and moviegoers gave it an A-minus CinemaScore.
Also arriving this weekend, though less successfully, is OTL Releasing and Blumhouse Tilts cyber-thrillerUnfriended: Dark Web.
Reviews were mixed, and audiences gave it a C CinemaScore.
According to ComScore, overall box office is up 8.1 percent year-to-date.
Check out the July 20-22 figures below.
1.The Equalizer 2 $35.8 million2.Mamma Mia!
