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I want to see BIRDS OF PREY but I’m in absolutely no rush.

Birds of Prey soars to the top of the box office with $33.3 million

The box office has a new leader as Birds of Prey bumps Bad Boys for Life ($12 million) to second place with an estimated $33.3 million during its opening weekend.

The number three spot belongs to war epic 1917 with $9 million, followed by the Robert Downey Jr. led Dolittle in fourth with an estimated $7 million, according to Comscore. Rounding out the top five Jumanji: The Next Level with an estimated $6 million.

Birds of Prey is the long awaited Harley Quinn film starring Margot Robbie, who brought to the life the comic book character she originally portrayed in 2016’s Suicide Squad. The superhero story picks up after Quinn has been dumped by The Joker and joined a squad of bad ass females: Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), to save a young girl from the hands of an evil crime lord.

The Cathy Yan-directed film co-stars Ali Wong, Chris Messina, Ewan McGregor, and Ella Jay Basco.

Moviegoers gave the film a B+, according to Cinemascore.

Overall, box office is up 9.6 percent year-to-date, according to Comscore. Check out the Feb. 7-9 numbers below:

Birds of Prey— $33.3 million
Bad Boy for Life— $12 million
1917—$9 million
Dolittle— $7 million
Jumanji: The Next Level— $6 million
The Gentlemen— $4.2 million
Gretel and Hansel—$4 million
Knives Out—$2.4 million
Little Women—$2.3 million
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—$2.2 million