US release: 15th April 2022
Netherlands release: 6th April 2022
Australia release: 7th April 2022
£20.9 Million $95.9 Million
$405.2 MillionWith the summer season just starting we are between blockbusters at the moment and with Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness seemingly set to stay at the top until late May so we get a new release at number 5 with the remake of Firestarter~2022..
World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 13th - 15th May 2022
As with most MCU movie that have such a massive opening weekend the sequel movie to Doctor Strange is no different as it drop 68% on its second weekend.
Still released in 50 countries the movie takes $144.5 Million to give the movie a total $688 Million after 2 weekends of release.
Still sitting at number 2 this weekend after a fairly staggered global release is the animated feature from DreamWorks which is released in 67 countries still and takes $13.6 Million on its 9th weekend.
This only a 20% drop after such a lengthy run at the global box office, it gives the movie a total of $165.5 Million.
The video game based movie climbs back up the global box office one place with the movie showing in 62 countries it takes $9.8 Million over the weekend, a 32% drop.
The movie, which is not the highest grossing video game adapted movie of all time, has taken an amazing $362.8 Million over 7 weeks of release.
Another big fall for the third Fantastic Beasts movie which drop 57% over last weekend from a huge 75 countries.
The weekend gross of the film is $6.3 Million giving it a total global gross of $376 Million.
Highest new entry of the weekend comes in at number 5 as the (pointless!) remake of the 1984 movie Firestarter makes its debut with $5.8 Million from 41 countries.
A new Marvel movie, a new number 1 as Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness hits the top spot on its debit weekend with a debut gross of nearly £20 Million.
There were a number of other new movies this week but at the lower end of the box office with the Event Movie Turnadot: Met Opera 2022 coming in at 9 with £38,527 while Maa is new at 11 with £38,527.
Also making their debut's this weekend Dum Mastam at 12 with £27,162, CBI 5: The Brain makes its way onto the box office at 13 with £26,418 and finally the 50th anniversary re-release of Cabaret is new at 15 with £19,238.
UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 6th - 8th May 2022
It feels like a story we have told many time, but a new Marvel movie is released and there is a big surge in the box office and we have a massive hit at the top.
The sequel to Doctor Strange has been a long time coming as the original was released in 2016, but the character has appeared in many Marvel film since then, including quite predominantly in last years Spider-Man: No Way Home for which is a spiritual successor.
The movie makes its UK debut with £19.7 Million, a staggering 82% of the box office this weekend, which is £10 Million more than its 2016 predecessor but it is way shorted than the £31.8 Milion of the last Spider-Man movie.
The road ahead is looking good for the movie, it will beat out the DC movie The Batman from earlier this year, and it has a shot at being the top movie of 2022, altohugh there are a number of high profile movie yet to come including Jurassic World: Dominion in June.
The movie already is the 6th top movie of 2022 on its debut and look set to at least climb into the top 3 by next weekend.
A single week at the top for the Downton Abbey sequel which this weekend falls to number 2 with £1.5 Million, a 49% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of £7.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.
The smash hit video game movie falls to number 2 this weekend after 6 weeks on the box office with £630,391, a 53% drop over last weekend.
The movie now has a UK total of £23.5 Million and is the 5th top movie of 2022.
The action comedy falls to 4 this weekend with £468,402, a 61% drop over last weekend, this gives the movie an £8.6 Million total after 4 weeks of release.
The third in the Fantastic Beasts series can be seen as nothing but a flop for Warner Bros. as the movie falls to 5 this weekend with £401,448, a 67% drop.
The movie has now taken just £19 Million in the UK over 5 weeks of release, it is the 7th top movie of 2022.
In comparison the previous 2 movies 5 weeks into their box office runs were, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them £45 Million and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald £30.5 Million.
With a new Marvel movie come little else, and so this weekend Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness totally dominated the North American box office and makes its debut at number 1.
There was one other new release at number 15, Happening from director Audrey Diwan took $34,000 over its debut weekend.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 6th - 8th May 2022
As Marvel movies tend to do these days Doctor Strange 2 has entered the box office at the top, and although its not a record breaking entry it is a danm good one.
The movie took an amazing $90 Million (including previews) on Friday alone and went on to take $185 Million by the end of the weekend.
The only movie to have done better in recent times is its spiritual predecessor Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The movie took a massive 85% of this weeks North American box office total taking, and it is already 3rd top movie of 2022.
After spending a couple of weeks at the top the animated feature falls to number 2 this weekend with a gross of $9.7 Million, down 40% over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $57.5 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The video game adaption falls to number 3 this weekend with $6.2 Million, a 46% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $169.9 Million after 5 weeks of release and its the 4th top movie of 2022.
This third in the Fantastic Beasts series falls to number 4 this weekend with $3.9 Million, a big 52% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of just $86 Million after 4 weeks of release, and with the movie being considered a flop the question must be asked as to the continuation of the series, it was supposed to be a 5 movie series!
The movie is the 7th top film of 2022 so far.
The surprise hit of the spring holds its position at number 5 this weekend as the Michelle Yeoh starring movie takes $3.3 Million on its 7th weekend of release, a 40% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an incredible $41 Million over its box office run, amazing when you think it started as a small independent movie in a handful of cinemas and has grown in critical response and will be a cult classic going forward.
Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness opens at the top of this weekends box office with a massive weekend gross of $450 Million which accounts for 85% of all money taken across the globe.
World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 6th - 8th May 2022
The Marvel Cinematic Universe phase 4 starts to come to an end with the release of the sequel to Doctor Strange which this week easily tops the global box office.
The movie which is directed by Sam Raimi takes over 85% of the global box office takings this weekend with a massive $450 Million weekend gross from 50 countries.
This instantly puts the movie inside the top 5 movies of 2022 at number 4.
The road ahead looks good for the Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen starring movie and thinking it will get to $1 Billion, like its Marvel predecessor Spider-Man: No Way Home would not be wrong.
Climbing up to number 2 on the chart this weekend is the blockbuster animated movie which has done far better than anyone would have expected.
This weekend the movie took $16.9 Million from 65 countries for a 32% drop over last weekend giving the movie a total gross of $148.1 Million after 8 weeks.
Falling from the top to number 3 this weekend is the third Fantastic Beasts movie which takes $14.7 Million from 75 countries, a massive 57% drop over last weekend.
The movie has a total gross of $365.7 Million after 5 weeks of release and is the 7th top movie of 2022.
The video game adaptation falls to 4 this weekend with $14.4 Million from 62 countries, a 44% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken $349.4 Million over 6 weeks of release and is the 8th top movie of 2022.
Falling to 5 this weekend is the action comedy starring Sandra Bullock which takes $7.9 Million from 58 countries, a 45% drop, giving it a $162.7 Million total.
Sequel movie Downton Abbey: A New Era makes its debut at the top of the UK box office knocking Sonic the Hedgehog down to the runner up spot.
With no other blockbusters released this weekend there is a new entry for Acharya at number 10 with £92,624, then there is a string of new release at the tail end of the top 15, Jana Gana Mana is new at 13 with £53,478, Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal is new at 14 with £43,570 and finally at number 15 is Runway 34 with £41,243.
UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 29th April - 1st May 2022
Director Simon Curtis takes over duties from Michael Engler in the sequel to the aristocratic TV show turned movie series.
Taking £3 Million over the weekend the movie easily takes over from Sonic the hedgehog 2 which returned to the top last weekend.
The movie has not had as good a debut at its predecessor which was released in September 2019 and hit the top with a £5 Million debut, and went on to stay there for 3 weeks, there is a strong suspicion this will be de-throned this coming weekend.
Popularity for the series has waned over the years since the TV show ended but a £10 - 15 Million run is possible for this sequel.
The video game adaptation sequel this week became the top grossing movie based on a video game of all time, taking over from its predecessor Sonic the Hedgehog.
This weekend the movie falls from the top to number 2 with a gross of £1.3 Million, an 18% drop, taking its gross to £21 Million after 5 weeks of release.
It is the 5th tp grossing movie of 2022 so far.
The action comedy starring Sandra Bullock Spends a third weekend inside the top 3 as it refuses to move from its position on last weeks chart and takes £1.2 Million on its 3rd weekend of release.
This is a 12% drop over last weekend and gives the movie a UK total gross of £7.4 Million.
Falling from 2 down to this weeks 4 is the third movie in the Fantastic Beasts series which takes £1.1 Million on its 4th weekend, a 25% drop.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £18 Million and it is the 6th top movie of 2022.
Remaining at 5 this weekend is the smash hot animated series from Dreamworks Animated Studios which takes £723,039 on its 5th weekend, a small 2% drop over last weekend.
5 weeks on and the movie has taken £10.1 Million and is the 8th top movie of 2022.