Equalizer 3 tops US box office as Barbie and Oppenheimer score new records

Denzel Washington stars in The Equalizer 3 (Stefano Montesi/Sony Pictures Entertainment via AP/PA)

The third instalment in the Denzel Washington-led Equalizer franchise topped the US box office this weekend with 34.5 million dollars (£27.4 million) according to studio estimates on Sunday.

By the end of the Monday Labour Day holiday, Sony expects that total will rise to 42 million dollars (£33.4 million).