THE third installment in the Denzel Washington-led 'Equalizer' franchise topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million, studio estimates showed on Sunday, with Sony Pictures Entertainment expecting that amount to rise to $42 million by the end of Monday.

Labor Day in the United States signals the end of Hollywood's summer movie season, which will surpass $4 billion in ticket sales for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, thanks in no small part to Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' and Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer,' which are still netting records even after seven weeks in theaters.