HOLLYWOOD – Movie history has shown the summer box office has not been kind to studio sequels nor spinoffs.

Dark Phoenix crashed with a $33 million opening, while Warner Bros.' Godzilla: Kong of the Monsters bowed to an toothless $47 million domestically. And this week has continued the disappointing trend, as Sony's Men in Black: International debuted to a sluggish $28.5 million.

Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth star in the new pic as Agent H and Agent M, respectively, who spearhead the London bureau of the agency that is charged with protecting and concealing the Earth from an alien species.

The week other new offering was Shaft, which came in seventh at the domestic box office.

Box office holdovers include The Secret Life of Pets 2, which came in second.

Disney's live-action Aladdin movie is still going strong, coming in third.

Story Date: June 23, 2019