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Set for an opening weekend in the modest $24-28 million range, its performance is certainly not cause for celebration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shaft&#8221; posted markedly weaker numbers, starting at #4 on the Friday chart with $2.7 million.  Set to close the weekend with $6.5-7.5 million, it will likely fall out of the Top 5 by Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s other leaders included &#8220;Pets 2&#8221; (#2, $6.9 million), &#8220;Aladdin&#8221; (#3, $4.7 million) and &#8220;Dark Phoenix&#8221; (#5, $2.3 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More films delivered soft opening weekend performances.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[12430,11622,12558,12559,12525],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Men In Black: International&quot; Leads US Friday Box Office But Disappoints, &quot;Shaft&quot; Flops<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last week, sequels &quot;The Secret Life Of 2&quot; and &quot;Dark Phoenix&quot; delivered disappointing US box office performances. 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