"A Quiet Place Part II" reclaims top spot at North American weekend box office

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LOS ANGELES, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Paramount's horror film "A Quiet Place Part II" reclaimed the top spot at North American box office after defeating Warner Bros.' new film "In the Heights" in a tight race with an estimated 11.65 million U.S. dollars from 3,515 theaters in its third weekend of release, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.

"A Quiet Place Part II" has grossed 108.99 million dollars so far in North America, making it the first film in the COVID-19 era to surpass 100-million-dollars revenue mark in the region.

The sequel to the 2018 film "A Quiet Place" also smashed the record for the biggest opening weekend of the COVID-19 era in North America two weeks ago.

"Paramount continues to ride a wave of great reviews and tremendous box office with 'A Quiet Place Part II' that continues to generate massive audience excitement for the movie theater experience," wrote senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian at Comscore in an email to Xinhua.

American filmmaker John Krasinski directed and co-wrote both Quiet Place films about a family surviving in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe reprise their roles from the first film.

Following the deadly events at home, the family must now face the terrors of the outside world in the sequel as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Comscore data also showed the film grossed 16 million dollars on the third international weekend in 37 markets including 21 new openings, pushing its international cume to 75.8 million dollars.

"A Quiet Place Part II" remained a box office hit in China. According to the data compiled by Maoyan, a Chinese movie-ticketing and film data platform, the film earned 221 million yuan (around 34.54 million U.S. dollars) after 17 days of launch in the Chinese mainland. Enditem

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