Stareastasia Entertainment News

New Line Cinema’s Rush Hour 3, starring Chinese martial arts hero Jackie Chan, topped North American box office this weekend as this summer’s last blockbuster, while Hollywood’s hot summer season is approaching its end.

The third installment of the comedy-action franchise about a Hong Kong police inspector and a LAPD agent took in an estimated 50.2 million dollars over the three-day period in its debut weekend, according to box office tracking firm Media By Numbers Sunday.

But the film’s debuting take fell well short of the 67.4 million dollars made by its predecessor, “Rush Hour 2,” in August 2001.

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