Labor Day weekend has come and gone, meaning that the summer moviegoing season is essentially over.
Now we’re onto fall, which is far less certain for theaters in terms of financial prospects, as a mixed bag of releases are on the way in the coming months.
But for right now, they get to thank Denzel Washington for ending the summer on a high note, as “The Equalizer 3” debuted with a solid opening weekend.
So much so that the series now ranks as one of the most consistent franchises of all time, financially speaking.Director Antoine Fuqua’s “The Equalizer 3” opened to $34.6 million over the weekend, easily giving it the number one spot on the charts, per The Numbers.
When accounting for the Monday holiday, the film earned $42.7 million, which actually makes it the second-biggest Labor Day opening ever behind only Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings…
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