US release: 18th March 2022
Japan release: 24th December 2021
South Korea release: 17th February 2022
£1.4 Million $166.1 Million
$195.9 MillionFollowing in the footsteps of Venom and its sequel Sony release their latest movie in the Marvel Spiderverse with Morbius which tops the box office on its debut.
With a new comic book inspired movie there was nothing else of note released, The Contractor~2022 starring Chris Pine was another movie making its debut, at number 12 with $535,000.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 1st - 3rd April 2022
Another new comic book character comes to the big screen in an origins story, this time its the less known about Morbius from the Spider-Man comic books which is owned by Sony Pictures.
With the Venom movies being a sizeable hit for the studio this must have seemed like a good prospect to increase the universe, but a critical panning and mad word of mouth could see this stall at a single film.
The movie takes a reasonable $39.1 Million on its debut, but with Sonic the Hedgehog 2 out next weekend, and getting better reviews, the movie could sink fast.
It is the 10th top movie of 2022 after a single weekend of release.
After a single weekend at the top of the US box office the action comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum falls to number 2 with a weekend gross of $14.8 Million, a 51% drop.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of $54.8 Million after 2 weekends of release, its the 8th top movie of 2022.
Still hanging onto a spot on the top 3 the Robert Pattinson Caped Crusader movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $10.8 Million, a 47% drop.
The movie has been on the chart now for 5 weeks and has taken a total of $349 Million, it is the top movie of 2022.
The Ruben Fleischer directed video game adaptation remains at number 4 this weekend with a gross of $3.6 Million, a small 28% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total gross of $138.9 Million and the 3rd top movie of 2022.
Remaining at number 5 for a second weekend is the Japanese animated movie which takes $1.9 million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 57% drop.
The movie has now taken $29.6 Million in North America and is the 11th top movie of 2022!
Making its debut at the top of the US box office this week The Lost City~2022 starring Sandra Bullock and Canning Tatum among a host of celebrities.
Also making debuts this weekend are the Indian movie RRR at number 3 while Infinite Storm is new at 10 with $751,296 and Everything Everywhere All At Once is new at number 13 with $509,659.
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US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 25th - 27th March 2022
The star power of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are as evident as ever as this light hearted action comedy which is reminiscent of the 1984 movie Romancing the Stone hits the top on its debut weekend.
The movie, which also stars Brad Pitt and Daniel Radcliffe, makes its debut with a fantastic $31 Million which actually takes it into the top 10 movies of 2022 at number 9.
After 3 weeks at the top of the US box office the Matt Reeves vision of the Dark Knight falls to number 2 with a weekend gross of $20.5 Million, a 44% drop.
The movies total gross is now boosted to $331.9 Million over its 4 week run, which is not close to the gross of Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, but in the current climate is still good.
The movie is also the top grossing film of 2022 so far.
Indian period movie directed by S.S. Rajamouli makes a very impressive debut this weekend at number 3 with a gross of $9.5 Million.
The movies has been a bit of a surprise across the globe as its debut global gross hit $13.4 Million on its debut this weekend.
Falling to number 4 this weekend is the Tom Holland video game vehicle which takes $5 Million on its 6 weekend, a 36% drop, taking its gross to $133.5 Million and the 3rd to movie of 2022 so far.
The Japanese animated movie which came in as the highest new movie last weekend at number 2 falls by 49% this weekend with a gross of $2.2 Million.
Still a magnificent total gross of $8.2 Million makes it one of the best grossing manga movies in North America.
Warner Bros. DC Universe hit movie The Batman spends a third weekend at the top of the UK box office while Japanese anime Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie is the highest debut at 2.
Also inside the top 5 there is a new entry for The Nan Movie and The Phantom of the Open which are both British produces movies.
Director Ti West's latest horror movie X is a new entry at number 7 this weekend with a debut gross of £227,501 while at the lower end of the top 15 there are new entries for Bachchan Pandey and Paris, 13th District at 14 and 15.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th March 2022
Three weeks at the top of the UK box office for the Robert Pattinson starring Dark Knight movie which crosses the £30 Million mark this weekend with a total UK gross of £32.6 Million.
The movie took £3.5 Million over the weekend which is a steep 33% drop but it inline with other superhero movies.
It is now the top movie of 2022 in the UK having taken Sing 2 and its within reach of the UK top 100 movies ever.
The Japanese animated hot movie is the top new film of the weekend landing on the box office at number 2 with £825,529 including preview shows which brought in £307,860.
The movie was a big hit in Japan when it was released last December and the global figures for the movie are looking good where it has taken nearly $150 Million.
The video game adaptation falls to number 3 this weekend after 6 weeks on the chart with £605,722, a 43% drop over last weekend.
this gives the movie a total UK gross of £22.7 Million, it is currently the 4th top movie of 2022.
A new entry at number 4 this weekend, after a difficult production and a year long delay due to the pandemic the infamous Catherine Tate character comes to the big screen.
The movie lands with a gross of £565,340, and the movie also seems to have lost its director Josie Rourke after a series of reshoots.
Its been reported that the movie changed its narrative direction and is now more of a road movie between the character of Nan and her grandson, whereas the original cut was more of a origins movie, it seems it lost the original director credit in the process.
Another British produced movie about an ammeter golfer being entered into the Open, the movie which stars Mark Rylance makes its debut at number 5 with £456,829 of which £61,645 was from previews screens.
The Batman spends its 3rd weekend at the top of the US box office while the Japanese manga movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie is the top debut at 2.
Horror movie X makes its debut at number 4 and The Outfit is a new movie at number 8 with $1.5 Million on its debut.
Global hit The Kashmir Files makes a new entry at number 9 with $1.4 Million while Sandra Oh stars in Umma which is new at 11 with $915,000 and finally Alice~2022 is a new entry at number 12 with $176,120.
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US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th March 2022
Another weekend at the top of the US box office for the DC Universe smash hit movie which takes $36.8 Million over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $300 Million and it it now by far the top movie of 2022.
Highest new movie of the weekend makes its debut at number 2 as the Japanese Manga title directed by Seong-Hu Park takes $14.8 Million.
The movie was a smash hit in Japan upon release at the end of December 2021.
Slipping down to number 3 this weekend is the former number 1 movie starring Tom Holland as Nathan Drake from the video games series of the same name.
The movie takes $8 Million on its 5th weekend of release, a drop of only 14%, giving the movie a total of $125.9 Million and making it the 3rd top movie of 2022.
Director Ti West brings his latest horror movie to the big screen which makes its debut at number 4 this weekend with $4.4 Million.
The directors highest grossing movie to date is V/H/S which took $100,000 in 2012, so this is by far his biggest movie to date.
The feel good buddy movie from Channing Tatum drop to number 5 this weekend with $4 Million, a 21% drop on its 5th weekend giving the movie a $54.2 Million total and the 7th top movie of 2022.
Batman spends a 3rd weekend at the top of the global box office while Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie climbs back to number 3 and animated movie The Bad Guys is the top new film of the weekend.
X is also a new entry at number 7 with $7.9 Million from 5 countries and Ambulance is also new with $4.3 Million from 35 countries.
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World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th March 2022
Spending a third weekend at the top of the global box office this week for the caped crusader starring Robert Pattinson as the movie takes $85.9 Million from 77 countries, a 35% drop over last weekend, and this marks the movies first week of release in China.
This pushes the movies total global gross to over the half a billion threshold to $598 Million, which means it is still the second highest movie of 2022 behind The Battle At Lake Changjin II but it should take that movie by next weekend.
There is still no serious competition for the superhero movie until Morbius is released at the end of march so next weekend should see the movie continue at the top
The Tom Holland starring video game adaptation goes back up to number 2 on its 6th weekend of release with a weekend total of $27 Million from 58 countries, a 24% drop over last weekend.
Having now taken $337.2 globally the Ruben Fleischer directed film is the 5th top grossing movie of 2022.
This Japanese animated manga movie as first released in Japan at the tale end of 2021 where is was a smash hit, this weekend it got released in a few more countries, including some of Europe and America, which has pushed the film back to number 3 on the global box office.
Released now in 10 countries the movie grosses $22 Million giving it a total global gross of $144.6 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend is this animated tale directed by Pierre Perifel and starring Sam Rockwell and Awkwafina.
Released in 25 countries the film takes $8.4 Million over the weekend and is new at number 4.
The animated smash hit movie climbs back to number 5 on its 13th weekend of release taking $7.5 Million from 69 countries, a 40% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $376.4 Million global total.