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 is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKED

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

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.