US release: 16th August 2019
£3.2 Million
$83.1 Million
$109.4 MillionAlthough it remains at the top for a second weekend IT Chapter Two fell hard and had a serious challenge from highest new entry Hustlers which makes its debut at the US box office.
After making its debut on the box office chart last weekend the horror sequel remains at the top this weekend despite dropping 55% from last weekend for a take of $40.7 Million.
This takes the Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy starring movies total gross to $153.8 after 2 weeks of release.
The film is unlikely to reach the $327 Million of the first movie.
Coming in as the highest new entry of the week is this comedy drama starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez and directed by Lorene Scafaria based on a New York Magazine article.
The film does better than expected with a debut gross of $33.2 Million.
The Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman sequel movie is at 3 this week and takes $4.4 Million on its fourth weekend taking its total to $60.3 Million.
The R rated comedy is at number 4 this week with $4.2 Million pushing its total to $73.3 Million after 5 weeks on release.
Making a slow climb down the box office, and the longest run on this weeks chart at 9 weeks is Disney's animated remake which is at number 5 this week and adds $3.5 Million and pushes its total to $533.9 Million.
After a very quiet couple of weekends on the US box office a monster of a film gets release this weeks in the shape of IT Chapter Two, but it comes in quite a bit below the original IT from 2 years ago, it still dominates the box office.
Following on 2 years from 2017's IT the follow up takes over at the top of the US box office with ease, but whereas the first film opened to a massive $126 Million Chapter Two comes in at $91 Million.
The fan base is still there, and unlike other sequels this isn't a sequel as much as it completes the Stephen King book which interwinds between the two stories throughout.
With favourable reviews the film should see itself do well over the autumn (fall) and in the build up to Halloween where it is bound to get re-promoted.
The threequel movie starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman falls to number 2 after a couple of weeks at the top with a weekend gross of $6 Million.
THe movie now has a total US gross of $53.4 Million after 3 weeks on the box office.
Falling to number 3 this week is the R rated teen movie which takes $5.3 Million on its 4th weekend for a new total US gross of $66.8 Million.
Disneys remake has been a smash hit for the mouse studio and after 8 weeks the film is still inside the top 5, this week taking $4.1 Million.
THe movies total US gross now sits at an amazing $529.1 Million, it is the 12th highest grossing movie in the US ever and could still enter the top 10 before the end of its run.
The faith based movie fell out of the top 5 last week but bounces back this weekend as the film climbs to number 5 with $3.7 Million takings its total to $24.7 Million on its 3rd week.
The, maybe last, Spider-Man movie in Disney's MCU has been a mega smash for Sony who own the movie copyright to the character and this week it spends its 10th week on the chart and has a total US gross of $388.1 Million.
There was little in the was of change at the box US box office this weekend as Angel Has Fallen stay at the top for a second weekend in a very slow Labour Day weekend holiday.
After a quiet opening weekend last week the threequel movie stays at the top with a gross of just $11.8 Million.
The Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman starring movie has now taken $40.9 Million after 2 weeks of release, the good news is this is higher that the prequels gross at this point, so maybe a fourth film is on its way?
The comedy movie directed by Gene Stupnitsky stays at number 2 this week with a gross of $9.5 Million taking its total to $56.5 Million after 3 weeks.
Disneys Jon Favreau directed CGI animation is at number 3 this weekend with $6.7 Million pushing its total to $520.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.
At 4 this week is the Fast & Furious franchise movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham which takes $6.3 Million pushing the films total to $157.1 after 5 weeks.
Taking $5.8 Million on its second weekend and falling to 5 this action movie directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett has taken $20.3 Million.
As the summer season starts to comes to an end the comedy film Good Boys makes its debut at the top knocking Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs And Shaw down to second place.
Taking over at the top of the US box office this week is this R rated comedy from director Gene Stupnitsky and starring youngsters Jacob Tremblay and Keith L. Williams.
The film taps into a similar audience to films like Superbad and Pineapple Express and makes its debut with $21 Million.
The Fast & Furious franchise movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham spent 2 weeks at number 1 and falls to number 2 this week with a $14.1 Milion weekend.
This brings the films total to $133.7 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Disney's mega smash remake falls to number 3 this week with a gross of $11.9 Million pushing the films total to an incredible $496.1 Million and knocking on the door of an incredible half billion dollars.
Making its American debut this week is the sequel movie to the 2016 hit film which lands at number 4 with $10.5 Million.
Falling to number 5 this week is the horror movie which was the highest new film last week, a $10 Million second weekend takes to total to $40.2 Million.
Pixars sequel movie falls to number 14 this weekend but has taken an incredible $424.4 Million after 8 weeks of release.
Last week saw The Lion King at the top of the UK box office, can any of this weeks new releases do enough to top the chart this weekend?
First up at cinemas this week is Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood, a Comedy directed by Quentin Tarantino who also directed Kill Bill Volume 1 in 2003 which grossed £11.5 Million.
It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who last starred in Before The Flood (2016) and Brad Pitt who last appeared in Deadpool 2 (2018).
Next on the new release schedule is Dora And The Lost City Of Gold, this new Family stars Isabela Moner and Eugenio Derbez.
The film is brought to us by 4 time director James Bobin.
Next up this week is Good Boys which is directed by Gene Stupnitsky and is a directorial debut.
It stars Jacob Tremblay and Keith L. Williams.
Also this week there is Uglydolls from director Kelly Asbury who also directed Gnomeo And Juliet in 2011.
The film features Pitbull and Ice-T in starring roles.
-Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Come back next week when there are 3 new releases hitting cinemas. -