Crazy Rich Asians managed to post another one of the most impressive holds in recent history, sending off the 2018 summer season with one of the best Labor Day weekends in history. Meanwhile, Sony’s screen thriller Searching got off to a solid start in its nationwide expansion, while the rest of the weekends newcomers generally struggled to find their footing.

Crazy Rich Asians dipped just 10% in round three, with an additional $22 million for a new domestic haul of $110 million. It almost seems like a foregone conclusion at this point that the romantic comedy will close over $200 million, which would place it in the top 20 romantic comedies of all time when adjusting for inflation. Also worth noting is that Warner Brothers will easily hold onto first place next weekend with their latest horror outing, The Nun, which is pacing for an opening above $40 million. Between that, Asians, and The Meg, they will hold onto first place for five consecutive weekends – with an outside shot at six if The Predator tanks. This is an incredible performance for Warner, who so far has been having a pretty fantastic 2018.

In second was another surprise Warner hit, The Meg, down a light 18% with $120 million and counting. The shark thriller is pacing for a total of around $135-140 million, with a worldwide total that continues to push towards half a billion.

The biggest of the newcomers was MGM’s historical drama Operation Finale, which took fourth with a light $6 million, with an additional $1.7 million since its Wednesday launch. These aren’t exactly good numbers for a film which cost $24 million to produce, even if it will likely do the bulk of its business in the ancillary market. Third belonged to Mission: Impossible Fallout, which finally topped $200 million for a franchise best running total of $204 million – before inflation, that is. When adjusting for inflation and the inclusion of 3D ticket sales, it will still wind up selling fewer tickets than any installment but the third.

The most buzzed new release of the weekend was Screen Gems Searching, which debuted in fifth with a solid $5.7 million, raising its total to $6.2 million after its limited opening last weekend. It’s a bit tough to predict where it will go from here, whether or not it will ride its strong word of mouth to a long run, or burn out next weekend after expending all of its hype. Still, it did wind up notably above this summers other screen thriller, Unfriended: Dark Web, which is fairly impressive given the smaller release and lack of branding.

Last weekends biggest release, The Happytime Murders, saw the worst drop among nationwide releases with a harsh 54% cut. That kind of drop is fairly unprecedented among pre-Labor Day weekend releases, and signifies that the toxic word of mouth and terrible reviews are taking effect.

Rounding out the top 12 was Lionsgate’s Kin, with a terrible $3 million from 2,141 locations. Lionsgate made the somewhat bizarre decision to book a limited IMAX release several weeks ago, even when it seemed abundantly obvious that a debut of this size was incoming. This resulted in a terrible $1,411 per theater average, and will likely disappear within the next few weeks.

Down in 15th was Pantelion’s Ya Veremos, which debuted in 369 locations and pulled in a good $1.8 million. These kinds of foreign language films are obviously only going to have so much appeal, meaning the studio was smart to keep the release small, though it would seem they are still trying to recreate the sleeper hit Instructions not Included from 2013.

A modest slate of new releases allowed several studios to expand older titles back into nationwide release. The biggest of these was Incredibles 2, which finally managed to surpass $600 million, making it the 9th film to hit that number. Sony’s action sequel The Equalizer II finally managed to break past $100 million, as it essentially matched its predecessors performance in a rather unprecedented show of events. Generally sequels tend to either open higher, open lower, have better or worse legs, but rarely ever do they essentially match the original performance this closely.

Finally, The Little Stranger tanked in 474 locations with a terrible $417K. It seems as though Focus Features was trying to bury the project with its release date and complete lack of marketing, which is odd considering it received decent enough reviews. Anecdotally, I saw the trailer several times back in June, before it essentially dropped off the radar until release date. With direct competition from The Nun next weekend, it will likely vanish from theaters without a trace.