Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chiand The Legend of The Ten Ringsopened as the No. 1 movie globally and occupied the top in all key international markets, delivering an estimated $132.3 million in box office receipts.

Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings  blew away all expectations in the US, delivering an estimated $75.5 million three-day ($93 million+ four-day) to become the second highest opening of the past year, only below Black Widow’s $80 million. The film also set the record for the highest Labor Day weekend opening by a considerable margin, a Disney statement said Wednesday.

However, Marvel owner Disney is locked in a legal battle over remuneration of Black Widow’s female lead, Scarlett Johansson, who has accused that digital release close to the theatrical opening impacted her pay cheque. Disney has hit back saying the legal case was a stunt and ScarJo has already received USD 20 million.

Meanwhile, coming back to Shang-Chi, Disney said that the film opened No. 1 in all key markets to $56.8 million with all regions over-performing versus pre-release expectations. The film garnered several notable achievements in its opening weekend, including:

• Highest opening 3-day weekend during the pandemic era in the U.K.
• Highest opening weekend during the pandemic era in Kuwait, Iceland, Chile and Peru.
• Highest ever September industry opening weekend in Hong Kong.

Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when drawn into a web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

The film also stars Awkwafina as Katy, Michelle Yeoh as Ying Nan, Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu, as well as Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Yuen Wah, Ronny Chieng, Zach Cherry and Dallas Liu.

Shang-Chi  is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and produced by Kevin Feige and Jonathan Schwartz, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Charles Newirth serving as executive producers. Dave Callaham and Cretton, and Andrew Lanham wrote the screenplay for the film. The screen story is by Callaham & Cretton.