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$0As we go into October the horror movies start to flood the cinemas and the box office and this week we see the critically acclaimed movie Smile~2022 hit the top.
Coming in also on the top 5 is new comedy BROS which has surprised many by making its debut at 5 while Ponniyin Selvan: I is new at 6 with $4 Million, Vikram Vedha~2022 is new at 12 with $986,172 and finally The Good House is new at 15 with $797,309.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making a mark on the horror genre is the new movie from director Parker Finn which after the reviews and he success of this movie, and the low budget, it will spawn a number of sequels.
The movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a very good $22 Million opening.
The troubled movie directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh falls to number 2 this weekend with a gross of $6.84 Million, a fairly hefty 65% drop over its debut last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $12 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Three weeks in for the Viola Davis starring movie wich this weeks falls to number 3 with $6.82 Million, a 38% drop over last week.
It only just missed out on the number 2 spot with just over $20,000 separating this and Dont Worry Darling.
The movie has a total gross of $46.5 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The 2 week special release of the 2009 movie in 4K drop to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $5 Million, a 52% drop over last weekend.
The movie in its special release format has taken $18.9 Million on its re-release but the movie has taken $779.8 Million since it was released.
Making its debut at number 5 this weekend, despite all the hype and critical acclaim is the Nicholas Stoller directed movie which makes its debut at number 5 with $4.8 Million.
The movie expands into more theatres next weekend which could give it a big boost.
Animated movie The Bad Guys makes its debut at the top of the North American box office while The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent also make their debuts inside the top 5.
Also making its debut this weekend is Y como es el at number 12 with $630,000 and indie movie Everything Everywhere All At Once continues to do well at the North American box office despite falling a couple of places having taken $5.4 Million this weekend.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
The new animated feature from the same studio that produced Shrek makes its North American debut at the top of the box office with a weekend gross of $24 Million.
Despite the fact this is no where near the $42 Million of Shrek from 2001, which is about $70 Million adjusted for inflation, this is a good debut for a new IP from the studio and should spawn a sequel.
The blue video have hedgehog remains at number 2 this weekend with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore jumping over it, with a weekend gross of $15.2 Million.
This is a 49% drop over last weekend giving the movie a 3 week gross of $145.8 Million and the 4th top movie of 2022.
Falling hard on its second weekend of release is the Fantastic Beasts third movie which falls from the top to number 3 with $14 Million, a big 67% drop on its second weekend.
The movie has taken a total of $67.1 Million in the US and with bad reviews and word of mouth we could see this disappear quite quick onto HBO Max, with the future of the series in question!
Director Robert Eggers debuts his new movie, a Nordic action adventure starring Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman, at number 4 this weekend.
The movie takes $12 Million over its debut weekend, but with good word of mouth and critical acclaim this could see its better days ahead.
A massive marketing campaign and fairly good critical reviews dont seem to have helped this Nicholas Cage self parody movie as it makes its debut at number 5 with $7.1 Million.