Gladiator IIclaimed the No.
Paul Mescal,Pedro Pascal, andDenzel Washingtonheadline the follow-up toRussell Crowe’s Oscar-winning turn in 2000sGladiator.
The two-decades-later sequel earned an additional $50.5 million internationally for cumulative earnings global earnings of $221 million.

Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda arrive in the Emerald City in ‘Wicked’.Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures
4 on the box-office list, the literally namedBonhoeffer: Paster.
seriously, its all right there in the title!
Pastor, spy, assassin.)

Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, Pedro Pascal plays General Acacius and Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla in ‘Gladiator II’.Aidan Monaghan/Paramount
Rounding out the top five films of the weekend wasVenom: The Last Dance.
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Globally, the five most popular films of the weekend mirror the U.S. list save for the No.
4 slot, which saw Chinese comedy-dramaHer Storypull in $16.6 million in its debut weekend.
Her Storycenters its narrative on two women, a jobless single mother and her seemingly chipper new neighbor.