This weekend the Freddie Mercury/Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody got its North American release and took the top spot with ease on its debut weekend.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Making an impressive debut at the top of the US box office the bio-pic took $50 million over its debut weekend.

The film is directed by Bryan Singer so wont come near to being his top film at the US box office as he had major success with the X-Men movies.

With such a good debut for the film we could see a far bigger total gross than studio expectations.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Second new entry of the week comes in at number 2 in the form of Disney new film based on the short story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.

The film starring Keira Knightley and Directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston takes $20 million on its debut weekend.

Nobody's Fool

Completing a trio of new released at the top of the US box office this Tyler Perry directed film comes in at number 3 with a debut weekend gross of $14 million.

A Star Is Born

This film has turned out to be a bit of a slow burner as the Lady Gaga starring film spends a 5th week onside the top 5, this week at number 4 with $11.5 million.

The film has now taken an excellent $165.6 million at the US box office.

Halloween

With the scare season over for another year the horror film takes a tumble down the chart from the top to number 5 this week.

An $11 million weekend boosts the films total US gross to $150.4 million.