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The August box office continues to defy expectations. The month is traditionally one of the weakest of the year in terms of big releases, but last week the shark thriller The Meg far exceeded expectations to take home $44 million in its first weekend. This weekend, it was knocked from No.1 by the acclaimed romcom Crazy Rich Asians, which made an estimated $25.2 million from Friday to Sunday. Additionally, the movie had already opened in some theaters on Wednesday, bringing its total gross to $34 million by Sunday night, from a reported production budget of just $30 million.

The Meg slipped into second place but still made an impressive $21.1 million, bringing its domestic total to $83.7 million and $230.4 million worldwide. The second biggest new release of the week was the action thriller Mile 22, starring Mark Wahlberg. The movie has been met with poor reviews and despite entering the chart at No.3, only made an estimated $13.6 million in its first three days. Nevertheless, as Box Office Mojo points out, the international market is an increasingly important one and this type of violent action movie typically does well overseas.

The other new release was the adventure movie Alpha, which debuted with an estimated $10.5 million take. The movie tied for fourth place with Mission Impossible: Fallout, which continued to do great business in its fourth week on the chart, bringing its domestic total to $180.7 million. It remains the last of the summer’s big budget franchise movies in the Top 10.

Elsewhere, the family movie Christopher Robin, the drama BlacKkKlansman, and horror movie Slender Man fell into the bottom half of the Top 10, at Nos. 6, 7, and 8 respectively. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again round things off at No.9 and 10.

You can see the full Top 10 list for the August 17-19 US box office below, as compiled by Box Office Mojo.

US/Canada Box Office For August 17-19:

1. Crazy Rich Asians – $25.2 million
2. The Meg– $21.1 million
3. Mile 22 – $13.6 million
4. Mission Impossible: Fallout – $10.5 million
5. Alpha – $10.5 million
6. Disney’s Christopher Robin – $8.86 million
7. BlacKkKlansman – $7.0 million
8. Slender Man – $4.9 million
9. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation – $3.6 million
10. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again – $3.3 million

Monster Hunter World has now shipped more than 10 million units, including digitally delivered units. The new sales milestone comes shortly after the game’s release on PC in early August. This is up from the 7.9 million unit shipment tally that Capcom announced in May.

Capcom also confirmed that the entire Monster Hunter franchise has now sold more than 50 million combined units as of August 20. The franchise debuted in 2004.

Monster Hunter: World is the “best-selling title” in Capcom’s history. While the PC launch helped the game pass 10 million units, Capcom said the title continues to see “robust sales” on console. It is also available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, having launched on console in January.

For more on Monster Hunter: World, check out GameSpot’s guide to help you learn about the game’s armor, co-op, weapons, and a lot more. What’s more, you can see all of our most important Monster Hunter content here, including our Monster Hunter World review. We also have a guide on how to capture monsters.

2018’s Summerslam has come and gone, and overall, the show was pretty fun. There were a few highlights during the August 19 evening at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as well as some pretty rough low points. If you’re looking for just the results, check out our final recap of Summerslam.

One the positive side of things, the matches fans knew were going to be barn burners were just that. The Intercontinental Championship match between Seth Rollins and Dolph Ziggler was easily the highlight of the evening as it showcased the two best workers on Raw. On Smackdown’s side, Daniel Bryan and Miz’s match was about as great as we expected, delivering some solid storytelling in the ring.

However, there were some rough matches that evening as well, like Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens, which was a lackluster slaughter. The same could be said for Ronda Rousey vs. Alexa Bliss, which was Rousey’s worst match since coming to WWE.

The wrestling fans here at GameSpot had a few things to say about the show, and we discussed each match from the evening and gave it a score. Let us know what you thought about the WWE event in the comments below.

Summerslam Match Card:

• Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega (Kickoff Match)
• The B-Team (c) vs. The Revival (Raw Tag Team Championship) (Kickoff Show)
• Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Drew Gulak (Cruiserweight Championship) (Kickoff Show)
• Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Jeff Hardy (United States Championship)
• Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (Smackdown Women’s Championship)
• Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz
• Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins (Intercontinental Championship)
• Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens
• The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The New Day (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
• Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin
• Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey (Raw Women’s Championship)
• AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe (WWE Championship)
• Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns (Universal Championship)

For more on SummerSlam, check out our predictions–to see if we got them all right–and our interview with Daniel Bryan about his rivalry with The Miz.

Dota 2‘s The International, the biggest eSports tournament on planet Earth, is taking place this week in Vancouver where teams will compete for the biggest prize pool in the history of competitive gaming. The prize pool this year is around $24.8 million, which surpasses last year’s then-record of $20.77.

The first two International events, in 2011 and 2012, had set prize pools of $1.6 million. In 2013, Valve introduced an item people could buy, a “Compendium,” with a portion of the proceeds going toward expanding the prize pool. This proved to be a lucrative idea, as the prize pool has grown every year since the Compendium was added. You can check out the chart below from Twitter user @wykrhm to see how the pool was expanded every year. This year, Valve is selling a Battle Pass ($10), with 25 percent of all proceeds getting added to the prize pool.

According to CNBC, Dota 2’s competitive tournaments paid out $38 million across all of its events last year, which included $20.7 million from The International 2017. That figure is set to be smashed by Epic, which is paying out $100 million for all of the Fortnite competitive gaming tournaments in the 2018-2019 season.

The winning team this year will share $10.86 million, with $3.9 million going to the runner-ups. You can see a breakdown of the prize pool payout schedule in the image below from The International’s website. The figures may get bigger still as more Battle Passes get sold.

The Main Event begins Monday, August 20, and runs through the finals on Saturday, August 25. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more on the event.