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<p>The August box office continues to defy expectations. The month is traditionally one of the weakest of the year in terms of big releases, but last week the shark thriller <em>The Meg</em> <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-meg-defies-box-office-predictions-to-score-hug/1100-6461119/">far exceeded expectations</a> to take home $44 million in its first weekend. This weekend, it was knocked from No.1 by the acclaimed romcom <em>Crazy Rich Asians</em>, which made an estimated $25.2 million from Friday to Sunday. Additionally, the movie had already opened in some theaters on Wednesday, bringing its total gross to $34 million by Sunday night, from a reported production budget of just $30 million.</p>
<p><em>The Meg</em> slipped into second place but still made an impressive $21.1 million, bringing its domestic total to $83.7 million and $230.4 million worldwide. The second biggest new release of the week was the action thriller<em> Mile 22</em>, starring Mark Wahlberg. The movie has been met with poor reviews and despite entering the chart at No.3, only made an estimated $13.6 million in its first three days. Nevertheless, as <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4429&amp;p=.htm" rel="nofollow">Box Office Mojo</a> points out, the international market is an increasingly important one and this type of violent action movie typically does well overseas.</p>
<p>The other new release was the adventure movie <em>Alpha</em>, which debuted with an estimated $10.5 million take. The movie tied for fourth place with <em>Mission Impossible: Fallout</em>, which continued to do great business in its fourth week on the chart, bringing its domestic total to $180.7 million. It remains the last of the summer&#8217;s big budget franchise movies in the Top 10.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, the family movie<em> Christopher Robin</em>, the drama <em>BlacKkKlansman</em>, and horror movie <em>Slender Man</em> fell into the bottom half of the Top 10, at Nos. 6, 7, and 8 respectively. <em>Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation</em> and <em>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again</em> round things off at No.9 and 10.</p>
<p>You can see the full Top 10 list for the August 17-19 US box office below, as compiled by Box Office Mojo.</p>
<p>US/Canada Box Office For August 17-19:</p>
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<li><em>Crazy Rich Asians</em> – $25.2 million</li>
<li><em>The Meg</em>– $21.1 million</li>
<li><em>Mile 22 </em>– $13.6 million</li>
<li><em>Mission Impossible: Fallout</em> – $10.5 million</li>
<li><em>Alpha</em> – $10.5 million</li>
<li><em>Disney&#8217;s Christopher Robin</em> – $8.86 million</li>
<li><em>BlacKkKlansman</em> – $7.0 million</li>
<li><em>Slender Man</em> – $4.9 million</li>
<li><em>Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation</em> – $3.6 million</li>
<li><em>Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again</em> – $3.3 million</li>
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