Box Office: August 20-22, 2021: FREE GUY, PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE, JUNGLE CRUISE, & More

Box Office: August 20-22, 2021

The theatrical movie box office results for August 20, 2021 through August 22, 2021 have been released.

Free Guy was the Number One film at the United States box office for the second week in a row with $18.7 Million.

PAW Patrol: The Movie premiered in Second Place at the box office with $13 Million.

Jungle Cruise was Third at the Unites States box office for the second week in a row with $6.2 Million.

Don’t Breathe 2 was Fourth at the box office with $5 Million.

Respect was Fifth at the box office over the weekend with $3.8 Million.

These films: The Suicide Squad, The Protégé (which premiered this weekend), The Night House (which premiered this weekend), Reminiscence (which premiered this weekend), and Black Widow rounded out the Top Ten respectively.

The films in the Top Ten that opened this weekend at the box office:

PAW Patrol: The Movie is a 2021 Canadian computer-animated action-adventure comedy film based on the television series PAW Patrol created by Keith Chapman. The film is produced by Spin Master Entertainment, the toy company behind the series, with animation provided by Mikros Image. It is directed by Cal Brunker, written by Billy Frolick, Brunker and Bob Barlen, from a story by Frolick, and produced by Jennifer Dodge.

It is the first of several planned films produced under the Spin Master Entertainment banner. The film follows Ryder and the pups who are called to Adventure City to save it from the evil Mayor Humdinger. Several cast members from the original series reprise their roles, including Kingsley Marshall (as the voice of Marshall), Keegan Hedley (Rubble), Shayle Simons (Zuma), Lilly Bartlam (Skye), and Ron Pardo (voicing both Cap’n Turbot and Mayor Humdinger). They are joined by newcomers Iain Armitage, Marsai Martin, Yara Shahidi, Kim Kardashian, Randall Park, Dax Shepard, Tyler Perry, Jimmy Kimmel, and Will Brisbin in his first acting role.

The Protégé is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell, written by Richard Wenk, and starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, and Samuel L. Jackson. The supporting cast features Patrick Malahide, David Rintoul, Ori Pfeffer, Ray Fearon, Caroline Loncq, and Robert Patrick.

The Night House is a 2020 American psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner, based on an original screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. The film stars Rebecca Hall as a widow who discovers a dark secret about the house her late husband built. Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin, and Vondie Curtis-Hall also star.

Reminiscence is a 2021 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film written and directed by Lisa Joy, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Marina de Tavira, and Daniel Wu. Joy also produces alongside her husband and creative partner Jonathan Nolan.

Next week sees the release of: Candyman, The Colony, No Man of God, and a plethora of other mainstream and independent films. Find my predictions on these releases in the weekly The Bottom Line column. A preview: Free Guy will be Number One at the box office for the third weekend in a row.

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