LOS ANGELES -- "Crazy Rich Asians" isn't slowing down at the box office even in its third weekend in theaters, and is helping to send a strong summer moviegoing season off on a high note.
Studios on Sunday said the romantic comedy has topped the domestic charts again. Warner Bros. estimates the film added an additional $22.2 million through Sunday, down only 10 percent from last weekend. To date, the film has grossed nearly $111 million from North American theaters, passing the lifetime domestic total of 2015's "Trainwreck," one of the last big studio rom-com success stories.
"Crazy Rich Asians" could also have one of the biggest Labor Day weekends ever by the time final numbers are reported. The current four-day Labor Day record sits with 2007's "Halloween" which opened with $30.6 million and some are projecting that "Crazy Rich Asians" could hit $30 million.
It easily won out over the holdovers and a few newcomers, like the Nazi war crime film "Operation Finale" and the sci-fi thriller "Kin."
Warner Bros.' shark pic "The Meg" took second place with an additional $10.5 million, bringing its global total to $462.8 million. "Mission: Impossible -- Fallout," in its fifth weekend, added $7 million for a third place finish.
"Operation Finale" landed in fourth place with $6 million. The film starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley tells the story of how Mossad agent Peter Malkin captured Adolf Eichmann.
And the John Cho-led computer screen mystery "Searching" performed better than expected in its expansion to 1,200 screens, bringing in an estimated $5.7 million through Sunday and rounding out the top five.
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