Bob Marley: One Love, the biopic of the famous reggae star tops the US box office on its debut weekend of release with a gross of $46.5 Million.
The movie beats the much hypes, but critically panned new superhero movie from the Sony/Marvel studio Madame Web which lands at 2 with $23.5 Million.
Last weeks top movie, Argylle drops to number 2 this weekend having taken $36.6 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Bob Marley: One Love is the top new movie of the weekend coming in at number 1 with a debut gross of nearly £7 Million.
The movie easily beats the Sony Spiderverse movie Madame Web which after some shockingly bad reviews makes its debut at number 3 with a £2.2 Million gross.
Last weeks number 1 movie, Migration drop to number 2 after spending 2 weeks at the top, the movie has taken £13.5 Million in total.
Highest new movie this weekend
With a battle of new releases trying to make their debut's at the top of the UK box office this weekend The Creator~2023 from director Gareth Edwards beats out the tenth Saw movie.
The sci-fi fantasy from the director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story took £2.3 Million to hit the top of the box office charts.
With a debut gross of £1.9 Million Saw X comes in behind 5 of the other Saw movies with Saw: The Final Chapter the top debuting movie with £3.6 Million and Saw III is the top grossing of the series with £8.4 Million.
Last weeks top movie, A Haunting In Venice, falls to number 3 this weekend on its 3rd week of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
A single weekend at the top for Morbius as video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog 2 makes its debut at the top on its box office debut.
Ambulance also makes its debut at number 4 this weekend while further down the box office a re-release of the 1997 movie Selena is new at 9 with $402,280.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 8th - 10th April 2022
The school Spring Break holiday was the perfect time frame to release this video game sequel movie as it knocks the comic book film Morbius off the top after a single weekend.
The sequel to 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog takes over at the top with a fantastic $71 Million which beats the originals $58 Million debut from Valentines 2020.
With a fantastic debut gross the movie is already the 6th top movie of 2022.
The unfavourable reception of the latest comic book movie from Marvel Studios is already showing its effect as the Sony Spiderverse movie falls to number 2 on its second weekend with $10.2 Million, a massive 74% drop.
A total gross of $57 Million takes it into the top 10 movies of 2022 but with a number of high profile movies coming in the following months it will not keep this position for long.
The action comedy from starring Sandra Bullock falls to number 3 this weekend with $9.1 Million, a 38% drop, giving it a $68.8 Million total.
The movie has gained a solid audience and is the 7th top movie of 2022 so far.
The latest movie from action director Micheal Bay takes him away from the Transformers franchise and into a more 'realistic' scenario as he directs Jake Gyllenhaal to an $8.7 Million debut.
Falling to number 5 on its 6th weekend of release the Caped Crusader takes $6.5 Million, a 40% drop which gives the movie a $359 Million total.
The movie can be considered a hit and is tracking just above Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice which had taken $325 Million at this point in its box office run.
The movie is the top film of 2022 in North America.
Two potential blockbusters battled it out for the top spot this weekend, and with the school Easter holidays starting it was the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which comfortably beat the Spiderverse Morbius.
New animated feature The Bad Guys also made its debut inside the top 3 making an all new top of the chart while at the other end of the top 15 True Things from director Harry Wootliff is new at 14 with £46,186.
UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 1st - 3rd April 2022
The speedy blue hedgehog returns in a sequel to his surprise smash hit movie Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020.
This time he is accompanied by his buddy Tails and Dr. Ivo Robotnik has brought along Knuckles to try and defeat Sonic.
The movie makes its debut with a fantastic £4.9 Million which is a tiny bit higher than the original movie but definitely in the same ball park.
The timing of the movie could not have been better and it beats the much anticipated Morbius, altohugh Sonic 2 has had far better reviews.
The latest movie from the Sony Pictures Spiderverse of villains which also includes Venom lands at number 2 with a debut weekend gross of £3.2 Million.
This is lower than Venom and its sequel from last year Venom: Let There Be Carnage, but considering the negative critical review and word of mouth this is perhaps understandable.
Putting the movie against Sonic was probably not the best idea, it is the start of the UK Easter holidays and the younger audience has a better appetite for a video game adaptation rather than a movie based on a villain they have probably not heard of.
Completing a trio of new films at the top of the UK box office is the new movie from DreamWorks, the same studio that brought us the Shrek series of movies.
Positive reviews and the Easter holidays have taken the movie into the top 3 with a debut gross of £2.2 Million.
After 4 weeks at the top the lastest incarnation of the Caped Crusader falls hard to number 4 this weekend with a 5th weekend gross of £1,2 Million, a small 25% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £37.8 Million over its 5 weeks of release and it is currently the top movie of 2022, and it is the 83 top movie ever in the UK!
The Micheal Bay directed Ambulance drama falls to number 5 this weekend with a second weekend total of £273,015, a 48% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total of £1.1 Million.