The Meg devoured the competition at the domestic box office this weekend.

The big-budget shark thriller opened well above expectations, biting off $44.5 million to secure No. 1.

Starring Jason Statham, the Warner Bros.-Chinese co-production grabbed $97,000 overseas for a global haul of $141.5 million.

Swimming into top spot: The Meg, starring Jason  Statham and a massive CGI shark, devoured the competition at the domestic box office this weekend biting off $44.5 million to secure No. 1

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That’s enough to justify its hefty estimated $130 million production budget, accoring to Variety.

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Tom Cruise starrer Mission: Impossible – Fallout fell to No. 2 after two weeks atop the chart with $20 million for a domestic tally of $162 million.

It took in another $38.4 million overseas for a worldwide take of $427.6 million.

Disney’s Christopher Robin earned $12.7 million in its sophomore frame, landing the fantasy drama based on the characters from Winnie The Pooh in third place.

Giving up the top spot: Tom Cruise starrer Mission: Impossible – Fallout fell to No. 2 after two weeks atop the chart with $20 million for a domestic tally of $162 million

Oh so cute: Disney’s Christopher Robin earned $12.7 million in its sophomore frame, landing the fantasy drama based on the characters from Winnie The Pooh in third place

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To date, it has generated $50.3 million in North America and $12.1 million elsewhere for a global take of $62.1 million.

Horror mystery Slender Man also debuted nationwide this weekend, landing in fourth with $11.3 million, already above its low-budget $10 million price tag. It has yet to open overseas.

Schlocky horror: Slender Man debuted this weekend, landing fourth with $11.3 million

Fellow newcomer BlacKkKlansman debuted in fifth with $10.8 million, giving director Spike Lee his best opening in over a decade.

Spike’s Cannes Grand Prix winning crime drama was co-produced by horror auteurs Jason Blum and Jordan Peele.

It tells the true story of black detective Ron Stallworth, played by John David Washington, who goes undercover to infiltrate the Colorado Springs chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

It also earned $400,000 at the foreign box office for a $11.2 million total – still below its low, $15 million production budget.

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True tale: BlacKkKlansman debuted in fifth with $10.8 million, giving director Spike Lee his best opening in over a decade