More riches for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ at North America box office

The Warner Bros. adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel of the same name took $25 million, almost matching its $26.5 million debut last week, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

Starring veteran actress Michelle Yeoh, British-Malaysian former BBC host Henry Golding and American sitcom star Constance Wu, the film tells the story of a American economics professor who meets her super-wealthy boyfriend’s family in Singapore.

It is the first major studio release with a mostly Asian cast since “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993.

Shark attack thriller “The Meg” clung on to the runner-up spot for another week, taking $13 million — a significant tumble from last week’s earnings of $21.2 million.

It stars action movie regular Jason Statham as a rescue diver who tries to save scientists trapped in a submarine from a huge, prehistoric shark.

In at third was newly-released mystery “The Happytime Murders”, which took $10 million.

Based in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, the film follows a joint police force as they probe a recent murder spree targeting puppet TV stars.

On its heels with takings of $8 million was Tom Cruise’s action blockbuster “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”, which took fourth place in its fifth weekend in theaters.

Fifth went to Disney’s live-animated hybrid Christopher Robin, which took $6.3 million.

Ewan McGregor plays Winnie the Pooh’s now grown-up and stressed-out pal who reunites with his old stuffed friend.

Rounding out this weekend’s top 10 were:

“Mile 22” ($6 million)

“Alpha” ($5.6 million)

“BlackKklansman” ($5.3 million)

“A.X.L” ($3 million)

“Slender Man” ($2.8 million). CC