It was the Chinese new year this last weekend and the global box office saw a wave of the hits with the sequel to 2021's The Battle At Lake Changjin, The Battle At Lake Changjin II topping the list.

Also worthy of a comment is that the whole top 5 this week are new entries which meant that Spider-Man: No Way Home gets pushed down to number 6 on its 8th weekend of release.

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• Number 1 - The Battle At Lake Changjin II (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - The Battle At Lake Changjin II (@1)
• Longest run - Spider-Man: No Way Home (8 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.7 Billion)

Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 4th - 6th February 2022

The Battle At Lake Changjin II

The Chinese only release of The Battle At Lake Changjin was the top grossing movie of 2021 when it was released in early October, that was until Spider-Man: No Way Home came in and spoiled the party.

The sequel gets its release this weekend in just 2 countries and knocks the Spider-man movie from the top with a debut weekend of $153.4 Million, although this is lower than the $232 Million debut of the previous movie.

The future looks good for the film and with the longevity the previous movie had this could be around for a number of weeks to come.

To top of a very good weekend for the movie it had instantly become the second best global movie of 2022.

Too Cool to Kill

Directed by Xing Wenxiong action comedy makes it debut at number 2 this week with a gross of $111.5 Million from a single country release.

On its debut weekend the movie has become the fourth top movie of 2022.

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Making its debut at number 3 is this new movies from director Muye Wen which takes $45.5 Million on its opening weekend from just one country of release.

The movie is the 8th top movie of 2022.

Boonie Bears: Back to Earth

The latest movie in the long running animated Boonie Bear series, this time from director Huida Lin, makes its debut at 4 with $38.9 Million from its single country of release.

The movie has just snuck into the top 10 movies of 2022 at number 10.

Jackass Forever

To finish off the top 5 is the new sequel to the long running Jackass series which stars Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O.

What is reported to be the last movie, maybe because of the age of the principle cast, the movie makes its debut with $28.7 Million from just 10 countries.