'Shang-Chi' Is Set to Become the Highest Grossing Movie of 2021!

Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage has feasibly crossed $100M in five days, joining Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings as the fastest titles to do so at the pandemic domestic box office. Both titles are on a theatrical window exceeding 45 days.

Disney+ has given a straight-to-series order for “American Born Chinese,” with “Shang-Chi” director Destin Daniel Cretton attached.Cretton will direct the series and will executive produce alongside Kelvin Yu, Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan. Yu will write and serve as showrunner.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has given a straight-to-series order to American Born Chinese, an action-comedy series based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang. Destin Daniel Cretton, helmer of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is set to direct and executive produce the Disney Branded Television series produced by 20th Television.

Disney announced that the Marvel Studios film hit that milestone as it enters its fifth weekend in theaters, having taken the No. 1 spot on the charts through every weekend in September.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAndy Cheng has earned tremendous kudos as the fight choreographer of the bus scene in Marvel’s recent “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” The scene took nearly a year to plan and execute, but serves to demonstrate Simu Liu’s previously-hidden skills to an open-mouthed Awkwafina, and has since been released by Marvel as a standalone YouTube clip.Cheng is now hard at work trying to shape the next Asian superhero as action director, stunt coordinator and

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar defended last year’s stunning decision to release Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 film slate on HBO Max the same day they hit theaters, though he admitted that it could have been handled better with the studio’s filmmakers. “We endeavored to do the right thing in terms of communication.

Naman Ramachandran Disney release “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has retained pole position at the U.K. and Ireland box office with a weekend gross of £1.5 million ($2.1 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.The Marvel Cinematic Universe film now has a total of £18.2 million in its fourth week of release.“The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints Of Newark,” released by Warner, proved to be popular, bowing with £945,319 in its opening weekend.

Oasis Knebworth 1996 film has broken the UK box office record for highest-grossing documentary of 2021.Released in cinemas last week, the doc tells the story of the band’s legendary shows through the eyes of the band and the fans in attendance.

Ellise Shafer administratorIt’s official: “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has surpassed fellow Marvel film “Black Widow” as the highest-grossing film of 2021 and the pandemic at the domestic box office.On Friday, the superhero adventure starring Simu Liu captured $3.59 million from 3,952 theaters, which was enough to push it past “Black Widow” with a total gross of $186.7 million.

In third this weekend is 20th Century’s “Free Guy” with $4 million in its seventh weekend, giving it a total of $114 million. Universal/MGM’s “Candyman” is fourth with $2.46 million in its fifth weekend and a $56.8 million total, and Warner Bros.’ “Cry Macho” is No.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings just hit a major milestone!

Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues to crush any industry doubts about audience’s demand for stateside moviegoing, for as of today, the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed movie will become the highest grossing movie during the 2020-21 pandemic to date, clicking past Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow which stands at $183.4M through yesterday.

Ellise Shafer administratorDisney is ruling the domestic box office this weekend.In its third weekend, Marvel and Disney’s “Shang-Chi” is set to remain in the No. 1 spot with an estimated gross of $20 million to $22 million, bringing its total earnings to a staggering $175 million to $177 million.

' undisputed standout is Morris, a faceless lump with wings, six legs and the heart of a champion.Morris is an unwitting expat from the realm of Ta Lo, who finds himself on a buddy adventure with Ben Kingsley's Trevor Slattery. Though unlike anything you've probably seen onscreen, he is based on a being that has existed since ancient Chinese mythology.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Shang-Chi And The Legend of The Ten Rings” held on the top place at the South Korean box office for the second weekend. But it failed to sustain overall cinemagoing in what used to be, pre-COVID, the world’s fourth largest theatrical market.“Shang-Chi” earned $2.63 million in its second weekend for a market share of 50%.

Ellise Shafer administratorMarvel and Disney’s “Shang-Chi” is set to sweep the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row, adding an expected $33 to $35 million to last weekend’s haul.The superhero adventure, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, took in $9.7 million on Friday from 4,300 theaters. Last weekend, the film finished the Labor Day holiday with a record-smashing $94.6 million.

Disney has announced new plans for the rest of the movies on their slate this year.