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Highest new movie this weekend
Barbie this weekend becomes the first movie directed solely by a female director to reach the $1 Billion club.
Honory mention has to go to Frozen~2013 and Frozen II director Jennifer Lee who was the co-director on both movies which made $1.2 Billion and she is now the Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Despite this Barbie got knocked off the top spot on the global box office this weekend by Meg 2: The Trench which took over $140 Million on its debut.
Highest new movie this weekend
Batman spends a 3rd weekend at the top of the global box office while Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie climbs back to number 3 and animated movie The Bad Guys is the top new film of the weekend.
X is also a new entry at number 7 with $7.9 Million from 5 countries and Ambulance is also new with $4.3 Million from 35 countries.
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World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th March 2022
Spending a third weekend at the top of the global box office this week for the caped crusader starring Robert Pattinson as the movie takes $85.9 Million from 77 countries, a 35% drop over last weekend, and this marks the movies first week of release in China.
This pushes the movies total global gross to over the half a billion threshold to $598 Million, which means it is still the second highest movie of 2022 behind The Battle At Lake Changjin II but it should take that movie by next weekend.
There is still no serious competition for the superhero movie until Morbius is released at the end of march so next weekend should see the movie continue at the top
The Tom Holland starring video game adaptation goes back up to number 2 on its 6th weekend of release with a weekend total of $27 Million from 58 countries, a 24% drop over last weekend.
Having now taken $337.2 globally the Ruben Fleischer directed film is the 5th top grossing movie of 2022.
This Japanese animated manga movie as first released in Japan at the tale end of 2021 where is was a smash hit, this weekend it got released in a few more countries, including some of Europe and America, which has pushed the film back to number 3 on the global box office.
Released now in 10 countries the movie grosses $22 Million giving it a total global gross of $144.6 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend is this animated tale directed by Pierre Perifel and starring Sam Rockwell and Awkwafina.
Released in 25 countries the film takes $8.4 Million over the weekend and is new at number 4.
The animated smash hit movie climbs back to number 5 on its 13th weekend of release taking $7.5 Million from 69 countries, a 40% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $376.4 Million global total.
Us was the big release of the week but it wasn't strong enough to topple Captain Marvel from having a three week run at the top.
Sticking to the top of the global box office for a third weekend is the latest Marvel movie which this week takes $87.1 million from 55 countries.
This brings the films total global gross to $910 million and will reach the billion mark potentially by next weekend.
Highest new entry of the week is Jordan Peele's much praised genre re-defining horror which was very close to knocking Captain Marvel from the top with $87 million from 48 countries.
This marks one of the highest debut grosses from a horror film.
The Chinese romance this week is at 3 with a weekend gross of $30 million from just 6 countries.
This brings the films total global gross to $136.6 million.
At number 4 is the romantic drama starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse which takes $15 million over the weekend from 38 countries.
This pushes the films total gross across the world to $32.7 million.
Finally in the top 5 is the animated comedy which takes $14 million from 25 countries bringing its total global gross to $40 million.
Mission:Impossible Fallout goes back to the top of the global box office after its release in China while Crazy Rich Asians is snapping at its heals.
The film is fast becoming the top grossing film in the series and this week adds $96.1 million (from 66 countries) to its global gross which now sits at an incredible $647 million after 6 weeks of release.
The top grossing film in the series to date is Mission:Impossible Rogue Nation with $682.3 million so Fallout is within $40,000 of its total.
Crazy Rich Asians leaps to number 2 this week with $32.6 million from just 25 countries which brings the films total to $130.8 million.
At 3 is The Meg which takes $28.7 million from 67 countries whih brings the film to an incredible $462.8 million.
Last weeks top film falls to 4 this week with Ant-Man And The Wasp taking $17 million with a global gross now at $485.2 million, the Marvel movie would pass $500 million by next weekend.
Finally in the top 5 is Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation which takes $13.8 million over the week, the films global gross now sits at $485.2 million.