"Box Office Battle" is The Fly's weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend's box office.
Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal's "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" won the North American box office again with $25.4M, crossing the $100M mark domestically. Overseas, the movie took in another $60.8M for a global cume of $332.6M. The "Fast & Furious" spinoff received an A- CinemaScore and 67% no Rotten Tomatoes.
BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Lionsgate's (LGF.A; LGF.B) "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" came in second with $20.8M in its debut weekend. Behind it was Disney’s (DIS) “The Lion King,” which grossed another $20M domestically. Viacom (VIAB) subsidiary Paramount "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" opened in fourth place with $17M. Rounding out the top five, Sony's (SNE) "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" grossed an estimated $11.6M for a domestic cume of $100M.
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