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$0As we go into October the horror movies start to flood the cinemas and the box office and this week we see the critically acclaimed movie Smile~2022 hit the top.
Coming in also on the top 5 is new comedy BROS which has surprised many by making its debut at 5 while Ponniyin Selvan: I is new at 6 with $4 Million, Vikram Vedha~2022 is new at 12 with $986,172 and finally The Good House is new at 15 with $797,309.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making a mark on the horror genre is the new movie from director Parker Finn which after the reviews and he success of this movie, and the low budget, it will spawn a number of sequels.
The movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a very good $22 Million opening.
The troubled movie directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh falls to number 2 this weekend with a gross of $6.84 Million, a fairly hefty 65% drop over its debut last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $12 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Three weeks in for the Viola Davis starring movie wich this weeks falls to number 3 with $6.82 Million, a 38% drop over last week.
It only just missed out on the number 2 spot with just over $20,000 separating this and Dont Worry Darling.
The movie has a total gross of $46.5 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The 2 week special release of the 2009 movie in 4K drop to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $5 Million, a 52% drop over last weekend.
The movie in its special release format has taken $18.9 Million on its re-release but the movie has taken $779.8 Million since it was released.
Making its debut at number 5 this weekend, despite all the hype and critical acclaim is the Nicholas Stoller directed movie which makes its debut at number 5 with $4.8 Million.
The movie expands into more theatres next weekend which could give it a big boost.
The largest memorial day weekend opening and the highest opening of one of the biggest stars in the world isn't a bad claim for this weekends US box office as Top Gun Maverick makes its debut at the top.
Also inside the top 5 is the animated feature The Bobs Burgers Movie which is new at number 3 while the Indian sequel movie F3 Fun and Frustration is new at 10 with a debut of just over a $1 Million.
Veteran actor Tom Cruise made came to the attention of most people in the 1986 movie Top Gun and despite a number of attempts to bring a sequel to the big screen it has taken 36 years to make it.
The movie opens over memorial weekend which is often considered the start of the summer season for movies and takes an incredible $124 Million on its debut.
This is not only the top grossing movie over the holiday weekend but incredibly the top debut for Tom Cruise.
The movie has instantly become the 6th top movie in North America for 2022 but will most likely finish at least top 3.
The MCU movie from Disney has been around now for 4 weeks and gets push from the top after a successful 3 week run where it grossed an amazing $370 Million at the US box office.
This weekend the Sam Raimi directed movie take $16.4 Million, a 49% drop over last weekend, it does take over from The Batman as the top movie of 2022.
Like The Simpsons before them, Bob's Burgers makes the leap from television to the big screen and lands at number 3 this weekend.
The movie take a respectable $12.6 Million over the memorial day holiday, and with good reviews and school holidays on the horizon, like The Bad Guys this could hang around for a while.
The sequel movie based on the British Aristocracy falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with $5.9 Million, a big 63% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $28.4 Million total.
Falling to 3 this weekend is the animated former number 1 movie which takes $4.6 Million on its 6 weekend of release, a small 25% drop, giving the movie a total of $81.3 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Animated movie The Bad Guys makes its debut at the top of the North American box office while The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent also make their debuts inside the top 5.
Also making its debut this weekend is Y como es el at number 12 with $630,000 and indie movie Everything Everywhere All At Once continues to do well at the North American box office despite falling a couple of places having taken $5.4 Million this weekend.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
The new animated feature from the same studio that produced Shrek makes its North American debut at the top of the box office with a weekend gross of $24 Million.
Despite the fact this is no where near the $42 Million of Shrek from 2001, which is about $70 Million adjusted for inflation, this is a good debut for a new IP from the studio and should spawn a sequel.
The blue video have hedgehog remains at number 2 this weekend with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore jumping over it, with a weekend gross of $15.2 Million.
This is a 49% drop over last weekend giving the movie a 3 week gross of $145.8 Million and the 4th top movie of 2022.
Falling hard on its second weekend of release is the Fantastic Beasts third movie which falls from the top to number 3 with $14 Million, a big 67% drop on its second weekend.
The movie has taken a total of $67.1 Million in the US and with bad reviews and word of mouth we could see this disappear quite quick onto HBO Max, with the future of the series in question!
Director Robert Eggers debuts his new movie, a Nordic action adventure starring Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman, at number 4 this weekend.
The movie takes $12 Million over its debut weekend, but with good word of mouth and critical acclaim this could see its better days ahead.
A massive marketing campaign and fairly good critical reviews dont seem to have helped this Nicholas Cage self parody movie as it makes its debut at number 5 with $7.1 Million.
The 2021 version of the classic sci-fi noval Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve tops the UK box office this weekend on its debut.
Also new on the top 5 this weekend is the animated movie The Boss Baby 2: Family Business which makes its debut at number 4.
Outside the top 5 there is a new release for the new movie from celebrated director Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun which enters at 6 with £867,672 while musical Dear Evan Hansen is new at 9 with £236,396.
UK box office QuickView
UK box office weekend top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th October 2021
Director Denis Villeneuve brings his vision of the classic Frank Herbert sci-fi noval to the big screen after a delay of a year and hit the top, de-throning Bond in the process.
The movie takes a very respectable £5.8 Million in the UK on its debut, which compared to movie this year since cinemas re-opened is good with only No Time To Die doing better, as you would expect.
The movie has potential limited appeal altohugh David Lynches 1984 version of the movie has created a large audience over the nearly 40 years since release who will be keen to see this version, but No Time To Die could reclaim the top for a weekend before the release of Eternals on 5th November.
The 25th Bond movie spent 3 weeks at the top before being taken by Dune and this week is at number 2 with a weekend gross of £4.6 Million, a 44% drop over last weekend.
The movie has certainly brought people back to the cinema and has taken a massive £78 Million to date and has sold over 12.5 Million cinema tickets.
The movie is by far the top movie of 2021 in the UK, and I doubt Eternals or Spider-Man: No Way Home will overtake it and I think The Matrix Resurrections
is released too late in the year.It is also the 8th top movie of all time in the UK and will most likely enter the top 5 by next weekend.
The superhero villain movie falls to number 3 this weekend with £2.4 Million on its second weekend of release, a 60% drop over last week.
This gives the film a total UK gross of £11.1 Million after 10 days, which puts it just behind 2018's Venom.
The animated sequel makes its debut at number 4 this weekend with a gross of £1.2 Million, which is way behind the orinal The Boss Baby from 2017.
That movie, which was released in the April of 2017, had a number 1 debut with £8 Million, but after some delays, and little interest in the franchise the sequel has done a fraction of that.
The animated sequel to the much loved TV series falls to number 5 this weekend with £885,404, a small 36% drop over last weekend, this gives the movie a total UK gross of £5.2 Million.
After a re-release in China the 2009 James Cameron movie Avatar has once again become the top grossing movie of all time after it was knocked down to second place by Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
The 3D spectacular became the top grossing movie of all time on its initial release, replacing another James Cameron directed movie Titanic, which had been there for 10 years.
Avatar was also at the top for 10 years before being replaced by Avengers: Endgame which narrowly grossed more than the $2.78 Billion Avatar took with a $2.79 Billion global gross.
It was clear that all it was going to take was a successful re-release of the Avatar movie to reclaim the top, and in a period of time when studios are being cautious about releasing new movies why not release a film which has already made its money?
The real big winner here is Disney, they of course own the Marvel Universe movies for which Avengers: Endgame is one and since the 20th Century Fox acquisition in 2019/2020 they also own the Avatar franchise, so are Disney now going to re-release the Avengers movie?
James Cameron is currently working on 4 more Avatar movies and judging from this re-release the fan base is still there and hence the future for the franchise looks promising, maybe we'll get the first $3 Billion movie once the pandemic is out of the way?