China News Agency, San Francisco, August 8th. This week, affected by the rebound of the epidemic and the mixed distribution model, the North American premiere weekend of "Task Force X: The Suicide Squad" did not win the expected box office.

However, this superhero blockbuster launched by Warner Bros. still won the latest North American weekend box office championship.

　　According to data from the North American box office statistics website "boxofficemojo.com", in the summer of 2016, despite the poor reputation, the North American premiere weekend box office of "Task Force X" was as high as $130 million.

In the summer of 5 years later, "Task Force X: All Assembled" showed the opposite scene.

Despite its good reputation, the sequel to "Task Force X" only received $26.5 million at the North American premiere weekend box office, which did not reach the $30 million expected.

The rapid spread of the delta mutant virus and the free distribution strategy that is open to subscribers of the streaming media service platform "HBO Max" all have an impact on the film's box office.

　　In the absence of strong competition, the premiere weekend, "X Task Force: All Rally", released in 4002 theaters in North America, became the new North American weekend box office ranking champion.

In markets outside North America, the film has so far won a box office of 45.7 million U.S. dollars, and its global box office has reached 72.2 million U.S. dollars.

　　At present, it is not clear how many "HBO Max" subscribers watched the movie at home.

But it is obvious that this movie with a production budget of up to 185 million US dollars will hardly become a box office guarantee like the same type of movie before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic.

　　As of the evening of August 8, "Task Force X: All Assembled" had 259 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", which received up to 92% freshness, and more than 1,000 viewers gave 85% of the comments. score.

On the review site "CinemaScore", "Task Force X: All Members Assembled" received a "B+" rating.

　　Except for "Task Force X: All Assembled", the top ten films on this weekend's rankings are all "old faces" within the top ten of last week.

Last week’s North American weekend box office champion "Jungle Cruise" received $15.7 million from 4,310 theaters in North America this weekend, and the box office fell 55.2% to second place.

In the two weeks since its release, the North American box office of "Jungle Cruise" has reached 65.3 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has reached 121.8 million U.S. dollars.

　　"Old", which topped the weekend box office rankings in North America two weeks ago, dropped 39.7% in box office this weekend from the previous period and finished third with $4.1 million.

In the three weeks since it was released in North America, the production cost of "Old To Go" reached US$38.5 million in North America and US$65.2 million in the global box office.

　　The Marvel blockbuster "Black Widow" (Black Widow), which used $80 million to create a North American weekend box office record during the epidemic, dropped by 38.1% this weekend and ranked fourth with $4 million.

Five weeks after its release, "Black Widow", whose production cost is estimated to be 200 million U.S. dollars, has won more than 174 million U.S. dollars in box office in North America, and the global gross box office is close to 360 million U.S. dollars.

　　Directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, "Stillwater" (Stillwater) dropped 44.9% this weekend and continued to rank fifth in the North American weekend box office with $2.9 million.

Two weeks after its release, the North American gross of the film exceeded 10 million U.S. dollars.

Currently, "Stop Water" has not been released in markets outside North America.

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