LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Disney and Marvel Studios' superhero film "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" led ticket sales at the North American box office with an estimated 71.4 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.

The theater-only release's three-day box office figure is the second best since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, only behind another Marvel Studios' film "Black Widow" which opened simultaneously in theaters and on Disney Plus in July with an 80.3-million-dollar debut.

"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" is the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Marvel's first film with an Asian lead and cast.

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film stars Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. The film also stars Tony Leung as Wenwu, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi's friend Katy and Michelle Yeoh as Jiang Nan, as well as Fala Chen, Meng'er Zhang, Florian Munteanu and Ronny Chieng.

The film has received largely positive reviews with an approval rating of 92 percent based on 238 reviews to date on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Movie audiences gave it an "A" on CinemaScore. Enditem

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