Real life band sensation turned animated feature KPop Demon Hunters makes its debut at the top of the North American box office at number one with a reasonable $18 Million debut.

Its not uncommon for K-Pop bands to hit the box office in live concerts shown in cinemas but this is a 90 minute animated movie featuring a female K-Pop band.

After spending a couple of weeks at the top Weapons~2026 falls to second place with a weekend gross of $15.5 Million taking to movies gross ot over $100 Million at the US box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th August 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $18,000,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $18,000,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $15,600,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $115,880,823 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,200,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $70,540,708 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took $74,431,693 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,900,000 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $257,251,951 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,100,000 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $66,178,030 after 4 weekends of release

Smash hit movie Sinners drops just 6% from its debut last weekend, the lowest 2nd week drop for a number one movie in decades, to remain at the top of the North American box office.

The movie takes an amazing $45 Million on its second weekend of release, this gives the movie a $122.5 Million 10 day gross.

The movie has also made its way into the UK all time top 50 nudging past the original avengers movie, Avengers Assemble.

Celebrating 20 years of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith makes it re-release debut at number 2 this weekend with $25.5 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th April 2025

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $45,000,000 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $122,526,427 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $25,200,000 after 23 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones which took $302,181,179 at the box office after 1 weekend of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $24,492,743 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Accountant which took $24,710,273 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $22,720,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $379,966,661 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $8,015,000 after 1 weekends of release

A new weekend a potential new number one movie and the summer blockbuster films continue to be released.

There are 6 new releases this weekend, Friday, 17th May 2024, looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• IF~2024
• Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
• I Saw the TV Glow
• The Strangers: Chapter 1
• Greedy People
• Back to Black

IF

• The movie is directed by John Krasinski, it is the directors 5th movie.
• John Krasinski also directed Brief Interviews With Hideous Men in 2009.
• It stars Cailey Fleming who also starred in Desolation (2017).
• The film also stars Ryan Reynolds who's last movie was Ghosted (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

• The movie is from director Elene Naveriani.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eka Chavleishvili who also starred in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023).
• The film also stars Temiko Chichinadze who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

I Saw the TV Glow

• The movie is directed by Jane Schoenbrun, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jane Schoenbrun also directed We're All Going to the Worlds Fair in 2021.
• It stars Justice Smith who also starred in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
• The film also stars Brigette Lundy-Paine who's last movie was Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Strangers: Chapter 1

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 25th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed Bodies At Rest in 2019.
• It stars Gabriel Basso who also starred in Alabama Moon (2009).
• The film also stars Rachel Shenton who's last movie was The Colour Room (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Greedy People

• The movie is from director Potsy Ponciroli.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lily James who also starred in Baby Driver (2017).
• The film also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt who's last movie was Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Back to Black

• The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Sam Taylor-Johnson also directed Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015 which grossed $166.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $571 Mil. globally.
• It stars Marisa Abela who also starred in Rogue Agent (2022).
• The film also stars Jack O'Connell who's last movie was Ferrari (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• We Harvest - Friday, 24th May
• Furiosa - Friday, 24th May
• Kidnapped - Friday, 24th May
• Hit Man - Friday, 24th May - limited release
• The Garfield Movie - Friday, 24th May
• Atlas - Friday, 24th May - streaming

As we move into the third weekend of the box office summer season we're looking at another new number one movie.

Last weekend Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was at the top of the UK box office, there are 2 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

The shining star of the MCU might seemingly be starting to fade, but with the relese of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 we get a new number one movie with a debut gross of $114 Million.

This is lower that the second movie in the series but a bit higher than Guardians of the Galaxy from 2014, time will tell how the movie does long term.