US release: 6th February 2009
France release: 4th February 2009
Canada release: 6th February 2009
£1.1 Million $31.2 Million
$0For potentially one last weekend The Super Mario Bros. Movie hangs onto the top slot, a place it has been for 4 weeks taking a further $40 Million to push its gross to nearly $500 Million.
Next weekend sees the release of the next Marvel movie which should, with ease, top the box office.
The highest new movie of the weekend makes its debut at 3 in that shape of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret which takes $6.8 Million on its debut.
A release to celebrate 40 years since it first appeared in cinemas has Star Wars: Return of the Jedi making a new entry at number 5 with $4.7 Million.
Further down the box office there is a new entry for Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two which takes $3.8 Million at number 8 and Sisu is new at 10 with $3.2 Million.
Outside the top 10 there is a new entry for Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World at 11 with $3 Million and the British movie Polite Society which slides in at 15 with $800,000.
Highest new movie this weekend
The total gross of Avatar: The Way of Water passes another milestone in the UK box office after 5 weeks of release while the top new movie is at number 2 with horror movie M3GAN.
The is a whole host of other new releases this weekend including Empire of Light new at 3, Varisu new at 7 with £648,230, TAR new at 8 with £394,649.
While just outside the top 10 there is Waltair Veerayya new at 12 with £123,174, Enys Men new at 14 with £103,250 and finally Veera Simha Reddy new at 15 with £95,423.
Now on its 5th weekend of release the sequel movie takes £4.7 Million over the weekend, a very good 29% drop over last weekend.
The Avatar sequel continues to push its gross towards the £100 Million mark in the UK as it passes the £60 Million mark with a total gross of £63 Million.
The movie is the top grossing film of 2022 so far and is now the 21st top movie ever in the UK, it will enter the top 20 by next weekend and maybe even enter the top 15.
Highest new movie this weekend
The start of a new horror franchise as director Gerard Johnstone brings us the story of an AI doll that will do anything to protect her owner.
The movie makes its UK debut at number 2 with a gross of £2.3 Million which makes it the 5th top movie of 2022.
Also new at number 3 this weekend is the new movie from the critically acclaimed director Sam Mandes and starring the British National Treasure that is Oscar winner Olivia Coleman.
The movie has had a hard release schedule across the globe but makes an impressive debut here in the UK with £1.7 Million on its debut weekend.
Falling to number 4, from 2, this week is the Whitney Houston bio-pic which takes £1.1 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 21% drop over last week.
The movie has taken a fairly respectable total gross of £8.2 Million in the UK and its the second top movie if 2022 after 2 weeks of the year.
The former number 1 movie falls to number 5 this weekend with £857,293, a 27% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken a fantastic £25 Million at the UK box office as it starts its decent down the chart.
Staying at the top for a second weekend is Avatar: The Way of Water while coming in second on its debut is Puss In Boots: The Last Wish at number 2.
Also new this week is I Wanna Dance With Somebody at number 3 and Babylon at number 4 while Corsage is new at 13 with $32,000 and Living is ew at 15 with $21,233.
Two weeks at the top now for the James Cameron directed sequel movie which takes $64 Million over the Christmas weekend, and bearing in mind that Christmas Day fell on Sunday this weekend this is a 52% drop.
Comparing this to the first Avatar movie, in 2009 that movie took $75 Million on its second weekend so the sequel is tracking just over $10 Million below.
After 2 weeks the movie has taken $261 Million at the North American box office which is about $50 Million higer than Avatar at this stage.
The movie is already, after 10 days of release, the 8th top movie of 2022.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to Puss in Boots which itself is a spin off from the Shrek series of movies.
The movie makes its debut with a gross of $12.4 Million, which is considerably lower than the $34 Million of the 2011 first movie.
The Shrek series started way back in 2001 and was an instant hit with a $42 Million opening for the first movie, Shrek 2 opened in 2004 with $108 Million.
The bio-pic about superstar Whitney Houston and her rise to fame and premature death makes it debut at number 3 this weekend.
A $4.7 Million debut is disappointing and lower than expectations, Oscar buzz might give the movie a bit of a push but the future is looking like a quick release on streaming.
Another movie with an all star Oscar potential cast fails to perform at the box office this weekend as the new Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie double header lands at number 4.
A $3.6 Millon debut for a movie costing $80 Million is not a great result and the studio must be looking at way to increase the exposure of this movie.
Falling to number 5 this weekend is the Sata Claus meets Home Alone which takes $3.5 Million on its 7th weekend of release, a 30% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken $41 Million on its box office run as the movie hits streaming on Christmas eve.
This weekend at the US box office Black Panther: Wankanda Forever remained on top for another week while the top new movie was the Christmas themed Violent Night at 2.
Lower down the box office I Heard the Bells was new at 6 with $1.8 Million and HIT: The 2nd Case is new at 12 with $600,000.
New at 13 this weekend is The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie with $502,000 and finally Top Gun: Maverick is back in cinemas and takes $700,000 over the weekend to push its US gross to $717.3 Million.
Spending a 4th weekend at the top of the North American box office is the sequel Marvel movie which takes $17.5 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.
This gives the Black Panther sequel a total US gross of $393.7 Million and is now the 3rd top movie of 2022 in North America having just taken Jurassic World: Dominion.
The movie is well below Black Panther which by this point in its box office run had taken over $500 Million but it only has just over $17 Million to go before beating Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness to be the top Marvel movie, and superhero movie, of 2022.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new entry of the weekend goes to the Christmas themed movie about a bad ass Santa who saves a family being held for ransom in their house.
The movie directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring David Harbour lands at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $13.3 Million.
Not bad for a Christmas horror based movie, in comparison Krampus from 2015 landed at the same time of year with a debut gross of $16.2 Million.
Disney's latest animated movie is struggling on the box office and this week falls to number 3 with $4.9 Million, a large 74% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken just $25 Million on its 2 week run at the box office, Encanto released the same time of year in 2021 had taken $57.9 Million 2 weeks into its run.
Jumping back up the chart to number 4 this week is the Ralph Fiennes starring fine dining movie which takes $3.5 Million, a modest 35% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total North American box office total of $24.7 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Finally on this weeks to 5 is the J.D. Dillard directed flying movie which drops to number 5 with $2.7 Million, a 69% drop over last week.
The movie has taken $13.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.
As Black Adam spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office the top new movie of the weekend comes in at number 4 with horror movie Prey For the Devil to celebrate the halloween season.
Also new inside the top 5 is the event movie Coldplay Music of the Spheres Live Broadcast From Buenos Aires while outside the top 5 a 20th anniversary release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is new at 7 with £454,250.
American hit movie Barbarian~2022 makes a disappointing entry at 8 with £380,812, also Triangle of Sadness is new at 10 with £308,950 and surprisingly celebrated LGBQ comedy BROS is new at 11 with £215,612.
A second weekend at the top for the DC super hero movie starring Dwayne Johnson which takes £3.4 Million, a reasonable 38% drop over last weekend.
In comparison Shazam! from 2019 took £2.1 Million on its second weekend which was also a new unknown IP for Warner Bros., although it didn't have the big star name attached.
The movie has taken £13.4 Million in the UK after its 2 weeks (10 days) of release.
Jumping back up the chart to number 2 this weekend of the children's book adaptation which takes £1.4 Million, an incredible 4% increase over last weekend.
This gives the movie a totak UK gross of £9 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Falling to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at number 2 is the Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson friendship drama which takes £1.2 Million, a 23% drop over its debut.
This gives the Irish drama/comedy a total gross of £4.2 Million in the United Kingdom after 2 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend celebrates the Halloween season as the horror movies directed by Daniel Stamm makes its debut at number 4.
The season peaked early this year with Smile~2022 and Halloween Ends having already made their mark on the box office and this movie makes its debut with £859,717.
Interestingly with halloween on a Monday this year both Smile~2022 and Halloween Ends suffered significant drop this weekend and couldn't capitalise on the season.
Event movies have become a staple of the box office in recent years and for those unable to get to the event Coldplay broadcast their latest concert in theatres starting on Thursday of last week.
Over the weekend the concert pulled in a total gross of £745,541 with repeat showings bound to push it over the Million mark in the coming weeks.