Glitz has won out over guns at the North American box office this weekend as the gilded romance Crazy Rich Asians took No. Studios on Sunday say that Crazy Rich Asians took in an estimated $25.2 million US from 3,384 locations over the weekend. Adapted from Kevin Kwan's best-seller, Crazy Rich Asians stars Constance Wu as an American woman who gets culture shock meeting her boyfriend's obscenely wealthy family in Singapore. Cast members and fans started using the hashtag #GoldOpen to try to encourage more opening weekend support. Crazy Rich Asians outshone Warner Bros.' shark movie The Meg, which fell to second place with $21.2 million in its second weekend.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2018 16:41 UTC