With cinemas in the US having a hard time with a mixture of closures and re-openings in different states not to mention the lack of big new releases its good to see a new number 1 movie and one starring a big name.

Robert De Niro stars in the kids movie The War With Grandpa which quite easily tops the US box office this weekend pushing Tenet down to the runner up spot.

With no big blockbuster movies hitting cinemas until Christmas there is a chance we could see a lot of yo-yo'ing on the box office iver the coming weeks, and a ot of smaller independent movies doing better than expected.

Here is this weeks US box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - War With Grandpa (1st Week)
• Highest debut - War With Grandpa (@1)
• Longest run - Unhinged (9 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ($292,674,960)

Here is the US box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th October 2020

The War With Grandpa

Director Tim Hill's new movie gets released during a period when there is very little in the way of competition and coupled with its high profile star Robert De Niro the movie takes over at the top with a weekend gross of $3.6 Million.

The movie is squarely aimed at children and time will tell if it has enough for a long run at the top and with Tenet a continuous threat to reclaim the top and a new Liam Neeson action movie out this weekend it could be a short spell.

Tenet

Christopher Nolans mind bending movie falls from the top after 5 weeks with a weekend gross of $2.1 Million this weekend, 22% down from last weekend.

This gives the movie a 6 week total gross of $48.3 Million and is by a wide margin the top movie of recent months despite the fact it is being seen as a flop, but during the current time of closures what is a decent gross.

Hocus Pocus

The 27 year old Halloween favourite drop to number 3 this weekend with $1.1 Million, the movie has now taken $42.6 Million since its release in 1993.

This weekends gross is 40% down from last weeeknd.

The New Mutants

The mutant movie from Disney starring Maisie Williams falls to number 3 this weekend with $685K, 34% down from last weekend, taking its gross to $21.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Unhinged

Falling to number 5 this weekend is the Russell Crowe starring movie which takes $660K this weekend, 22% down from last weekend, for a very nice $19.3 Million over 9 weeks of release.

At the UK box office this weekend, Friday, 4th September 2020, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention at the local multiplex and knock Tenet from the top of the UK box office.

The New Mutants

• The movie is directed by Josh Boone
• Josh Boone also directed The Fault In Our Stars in 2014 which grossed £11 Million in the UK and grossed $307.2 Million globally.
• It stars Maisie Williams who last starred in The Owners (2020).
• The film also stars Anya Taylor-Joy who last appeared in Radioactive (2020).

Les Miserables

• This new release stars Damien Bonnard who's last film was The Wolf's Call (2019)
• It also stars Alexis Manenti who appeared in The World Is Yours (2019).
• The film is brought to us by new director Ladj Ly.

Mulan

• The movie is directed by Niki Caro who directed The Zookeepers Wife in 2017.
• It stars Jet Li and Donnie Yen who were last seen together in The Founding Of A Republicwhich grossed £0.

Dream Horse

• Also this week there is Dream Horse from director Euros Lyn who also directed Damilola Our Loved Boy in 2016.
• The film features Toni Collette and Damian Lewis in starring roles.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Our Ladies, Friday, 11th September
• The Broken Heart Gallery, Friday, 11th September
• The Roads Not Taken, Friday, 11th September
• The Painted Bird, Friday, 11th September