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Latest 'John Wick' tops N.America box office in a big, bloody opening

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="US actor Keanu Reeves arrives at the UK Premiere of John Wick Chapter 4 at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, Britain, 06 March 2023. Tolga Akmen, EPA-EFE." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/03/26/20230326-jw4.jpg"/><figcaption>US actor Keanu Reeves arrives at the UK Premiere of John Wick Chapter 4 at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, Britain, 06 March 2023. Tolga Akmen, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES -- Lionsgate&#x27;s neo-noir action thriller &quot;John Wick: Chapter 4&quot; opened this weekend with North American ticket sales estimated at an impressive $73.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.Analyst David A. Gross called it &quot;a superb opening,&quot; noting that each Wick sequel has managed to outdo its predecessors.Reviews have been mostly positive: &quot;Would that all action films were so well and cleanly choreographed,&quot; the Washington Post gushed; but some reviewers saw the body count -- more than 100 per bloody Wick movie -- as a bit much.&quot;Chapter 4&quot; owes its choreography largely to director Chad Stahelski, himself a former stunt man. Starring along with Keanu Reeves, in a tale that has the titular hitman fighting a powerful international crime group -- are Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard and Laurence Fishburne.Last weekend&#x27;s box office leader, &quot;Shazam! Fury of the Gods&quot; took in just $9.7 million, slipping to second place, in what Variety called &quot;one of the worst turnouts for a modern superhero movie.&quot; The DC/Warner Bros. film stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel and Adam Brody. In third spot was &quot;Scream VI&quot; from Paramount and Spyglass Media, at $8.4 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period. Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega and Skeet Ulrich star in the horror flick.In fourth was yet another sequel, United Artists&#x27; boxing drama &quot;Creed III,&quot; at $8.37 million. Michael B. Jordan directs and plays the title character; his co-star Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday for allegedly assaulting a woman in a domestic dispute.And in fifth, down one spot from last weekend, was sci-fi thriller &quot;65&quot; from Sony and Columbia Pictures, at $3.3 million. Adam Driver stars in a time-travel saga that juxtaposes space ships and dinosaurs.Rounding out the top 10 were:&quot;Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania&quot; ($2.4 million)&quot;Cocaine Bear&quot; ($2.1 million)&quot;Jesus Revolution&quot; ($2 million)&quot;Champions&quot; ($1.5 million)&quot;Avatar: The Way of Water&quot; ($1.4 million)© Agence France-Presse

'John Wick: Chapter 4' opened this weekend with North American ticket sales estimated at an impressive $73.5 million.