US release: 17th December 2021
China release: 3rd December 2021
Singapore release: 9th December 2021
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$62.2 MillionAll eyes were on the much delayed return of Maverick director Steven Spielberg who's retelling of the classic West Side Story made its debut this week, but Disney's Encanto managed a very strong 3rd weekend to beat off the competition.
Meanwhile French comedy Les Tuche 4 from writer director Olivier Baroux made its debut at number 10 with $5.3 Million, an impressive feat considering its only released in France.
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Global box office top 5 breakdown weekend 10th - 12th December 2021
Three weeks at the top of the global box office for Disney's latest animated feature which take $23 Million over the weekend from 64 countries, a slim 31% drop over last weekend.
The movie easily beat the new release challenge from West Side Story and has a current total gross of $151.8 Million globally.
The new movie from Maverick director Steven Spielberg has been delayed by a year but its his first movie as director since 2018's Ready Player One.
His adaptation of the classic 1957 broadway show, and later adapted into a classic movie in 1961 directed by Robert Wise lands on the global box office at number 2 this week with $13.5 Million from 54 countries.
Although the movie got beaten by Disneys Encanto it is still to go as wide, although the top spot will be unachievable as Spide-Man: No Way Home gets its long awaited release this week and there is little change of this beating such a highly anticipated movie.
The Chinese only release from director Chi-Kin Kwok drops to number 3 this weekend with $14.6 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an impressive $51.6 Million over its 2 weekends of release.
Remaining at number 4 this weekend is the Ridley Scott directed movie which takes $14.1 Million from 64 countries, a good 34% drop on its third weekend of release giving it a $93 Million total.
Falling to 5 this weekend is the Ghostbusters sequel which takes $13.5 Million from 54 countries on its 4th weekend of release, a 42% drop, giving it a total of $164.7 Million.
Disney's Encanto remains at the top of the global box office this weekend despite a fairly hefty drop over its debut weekend gross.
Highest new entry of the weekend is Schemes In Antiques, a Chinese action movie only released in its native country and yet beats out most of the other movies released worldwide.
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Global box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th December 2021
A second weekend at the top for the Disney animated movie as it takes $33.4 Million from 50 countries, a 41% drop over last weekend.
This puts the movies total gross globally at $116 Million which despite the favourable reviews is low for a Disney movie.
Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the Chinese action movie which is only release in it's native China at the moment.
The movie takes a very impressive $25.4 Million on its debut and could follow in the footsteps of Be Somebody and The Battle At Lake Changjin as massive Chinese hits that turn into global blockbusters.
The Ghostbusters sequel movie falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $23.4 million from 54 countries, a 29% drop over last weekend.
This gives the film a total global gross of $145 Million over 3 weeks of release.
Director Ridley Scott's true story movie falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with a $21.5 Million gross from a massive 61 countries, a 20% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $67 Million total after 2 weeks.
The Chinese movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $13.3 Million from just 1 country, a 39% drop, giving the film a total global gross of $117 Million after 4 weeks.