<p class="title">"Men in Black: International" led a forgettable North American box office over the weekend, taking in just over $30 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The spinoff to three earlier instalments of the sci-fi comedy franchise saw the roles of dark-suited alien fighters, formerly played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, pass to Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Its domestic box office take for the three-day weekend fell short of "even the slimmest of studio expectations," BoxOfficeMojo reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But as suggested by its title, the film is doing better overseas, with total global earnings of $103.7 million to date, the website said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the second spot in North American theaters was last weekend's leader, "The Secret Life of Pets 2" from Universal, at $24.4 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sequel features the voices of Kevin Hart and Harrison Ford in another tale of the mischief pets get up to when their owners are away.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In third again was Disney's live-action "Aladdin," starring Will Smith as the genie, at $17.3 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Climbing back to fourth was Paramount's "Rocketman," at $9.4 million. Taron Egerton stars in the biopic of singer Elton John.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Slipping three spots to fifth place was "X-Men: Dark Phoenix," at just under $9.4 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In what is said to be the final instalment in the current X-Men series, the lead characters face the fierce superhuman Phoenix after a space mission goes awry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film stars James McAvoy, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Jessica Chastain.</p>
<p class="title">"Men in Black: International" led a forgettable North American box office over the weekend, taking in just over $30 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The spinoff to three earlier instalments of the sci-fi comedy franchise saw the roles of dark-suited alien fighters, formerly played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, pass to Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Its domestic box office take for the three-day weekend fell short of "even the slimmest of studio expectations," BoxOfficeMojo reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But as suggested by its title, the film is doing better overseas, with total global earnings of $103.7 million to date, the website said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the second spot in North American theaters was last weekend's leader, "The Secret Life of Pets 2" from Universal, at $24.4 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sequel features the voices of Kevin Hart and Harrison Ford in another tale of the mischief pets get up to when their owners are away.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In third again was Disney's live-action "Aladdin," starring Will Smith as the genie, at $17.3 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Climbing back to fourth was Paramount's "Rocketman," at $9.4 million. Taron Egerton stars in the biopic of singer Elton John.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Slipping three spots to fifth place was "X-Men: Dark Phoenix," at just under $9.4 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In what is said to be the final instalment in the current X-Men series, the lead characters face the fierce superhuman Phoenix after a space mission goes awry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film stars James McAvoy, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Jessica Chastain.</p>