The steamy sports drama opened at No. 1 at the domestic box office over the weekend.
Challengers served up another No. 1 opening for Zendaya at the domestic box office . The Amazon-MGM's romance sports drama — starring Zendaya as tennis prodigy-turned-coach Tashi Duncan — rallied to earn $15 million over the weekend, the best opening for filmmaker Luca Guadagnino . The studio reported a $6.2 million Friday, $5m on Saturday, and is expecting $3.
Also starring West Side Story's Mike Faist and The Crown's Josh O'Connor, Challengers lobbed a first place finish over Lionsgate's For King & Country biopic Unsung Hero , with Warner Bros.' Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire coming in third in its fifth weekend with a mighty $7.2m. Rounding out the top five are Civil War and Universal's horror-thriller Abigail in its second weekend.
Challengers follows Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak , Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick – his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
Dune: Part Two — Zendaya's other #1 opening for the year — dropped to the ninth spot after adding another $1.98m to its $279.7 domestic haul. After opening in fourth place, the Guy Ritchie-directed Ministry of Ungentlemany Warfare fell to sixth with $3.8m, while Kung Fu Panda 4 kicked up another $3.5m for No. 7 in the top 10 and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire took in an extra $3.2m in eighth place. At No.
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