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The success of Shang-Chi, which became only the fourth Hollywood-produced film since 1993 to feature a predominantly Asian cast, is a monumental win for Asian representation in Hollywood. Liu first manifested and then owned a role he staked out more than seven years ago when he tweeted at Marvel, “great job with Cpt America and Thor.

The film successfully blends thrilling action sequences with more gripping performances and nuanced characters than one would typically find in a standard martial arts film or MCU affair, including the breakout appearance of Simu Liu, the Chinese Canadian actor who portrays the titular Chinese American hero. Although Black Widow made slightly more in its first three days in theaters, Shang-Chi shattered the previous Labor Day record with an estimated $90 million in domestic earnings, adding $56.2 million overseas (excluding China, where it’s yet to be released) to exceed all projections with a worldwide total of $146.2 million.īeyond its early (and possibly precedent-setting) success at the box office, Shang-Chi has garnered widespread praise from critics and audiences alike. But buoyed in part, perhaps, by being the first Marvel movie since 2019 to debut exclusively in theaters, Shang-Chi ended all doubts with a historically hot start. Nearly four weeks after Disney CEO Bob Chapek referred to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as “ an interesting experiment” for the company’s nebulous release strategy, Marvel Studios’ first film to feature an Asian lead debuted with a dominant opening weekend.īox office expectations for Shang-Chi were muted by concerns about the spread of the delta variant, the poor performance of DC’s The Suicide Squad, and the steep falloff for Marvel’s Black Widow after its early-July day-and-date opening.