"Longlegs" placed number 2 with $22.6M debut "Box Office Battle" is The Fly's weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend's box office.
Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal's "Despicable Me 4" stayed atop of the domestic box office with another $44.7M as it crossed the $200M mark for a North American tally of $211.1M. Overseas, DM4 earned $88M for a foreign cume of $226.7M and $437.8M globally. Gru and the mischievous Minions sport an A CinemaScore.
BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: The serial killer chiller "Longlegs" placed number 2 with a $22.6M debut. Behind it was Disney (DIS) and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" with another $20.7M from 3,815 locations as it finished Sunday with a global tally of $1.35B. Paramount's (PARA) "A Quiet Place: Day One" placed number 4 with an estimated $11.8M for a domestic cume of $116.2M. Rounding out the top five, Apple Original Films' (AAPL) – distributed by Sony (SONY) - romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum "Fly Me to the Moon" opened to $10M from 3,356 theaters.
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