CMCSA - 'Eternals' marks another Disney win topping box office with $71 million

The latest Marvel Studios (DIS +0.9%) film, Eternals, splashed at the weekend box office with a $71 million opening, far and away the top grosser for the period. But some observers had hoped it could hit $75 million-$80 million. The win for Eternals bumps Dune (T -1.1%), the leader from the last two weeks. Dune scored $7.6 million in its third weekend Trailing Dune in the top five films were No Time to Die (OTC:MGMB, CMCSA -0.7%) with $6.2 million; Venom: Let There Be Carnage (SONY +0.2%) with $4.5 million; and Ron's Gone Wrong (DIS +0.9%) with $3.6 million. (Those were trailed immediately by The French Dispatch (DIS +0.9%), the arthouse release that added 417 screens for its third weekend and drew a very healthy $2.6 million - outperforming Halloween Kills (CMCSA -0.7%) despite appearing in fewer than half the theaters). Disney now says that Eternals opened with a worldwide

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'Eternals' marks another Disney win, topping box office with $71 million