Disney's latest live action movie The Little Mermaid~2023 gets a release in 52 countries and takes �163.8 Million to makes its debut at the top of the global box office.
Also new this weekend is The Machine~2023 at 6, About My Father at number 7, Kandahar at number 9, Rohan Kishibe Goes to the Louvre at 10 and finally The Roundup: No Way Out on preview release enters at number 12.
Highest new movie this weekend
The new MCU movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, hits the top of the global box office on its opening weekend of release as it hits 53 countries.
Animated hit movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie falls from the top into the runner up spot on its 4th weekend of release with the movies total gross now up to $1.15 Billion.
Chinese movie Godspeed stays at 3 as does Evil Dead Rise while Born to Fly drops to number 5.
Highest new movie this weekend
Remaining at the top of the US box office for a second weekend is the Brad Pitt starring Bullet Train while Top Gun Maverick climbs back to number 2 on its 12th weekend of release.
Highest new movie of the weekend is right down at number 10 as Fall~2022 makes its debut while Mack & Rita is new at 13 with $1,095,000 and ET The Extra Terrestrial gets a re-release and is new at 14 with $1,072,350.
Remaining at the top of the US box office for a second weekend is the Brad Pitt starring movie about the Japanese high speed train which take $13.4 Million, a large 55% drop.
The movie has taken a total US gross of $54.4 Million during its 2 weeks of release.
The movie of the summer is the sequel to the 1986 smash hit Top Gun and this weekend, on its 12th weekend of release, it climbs back to number 2 on the box office.
Part of he reason for this is the current lack of big new releases at the box office, this has given the sequel movie a chance to climbs back up from number 6.
The movie takes $7 Million this weekend, a small but significant 1% increase from last weekend which gives it a total US gross of $673.7 Million.
The movie is by far the top movie in the US of 2022 and as it keep climbing up the chart of top all time movies in the US it is currently number 7.
The animated DC Universe based movie from Warner Bros. falls to number 3 this weekend with $7 Million, a 37% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken $58.1 Million over a 3 weekend release period.
The fourth in the Thor series of movies falls to number 4 this weekend with $5.3 Million, a 30% drop over last weekend.
After a 6 week run the movie has taken $325.4 Million and is the 6th top movie of 2022.
The lastest Jordan Peele directed movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $5.3 Million, a 37% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total US gross of $107 Million.
This will be the lowest grossing movie from the celebrated director, but its good to see the movie break the $100 Million mark at the US box office.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Highest debut this weekend comes in at number 10 with the Scott Mann directed movie about 2 climbers who get stuck on top of a very tall mast.
The movie takes $2.5 Million on its debut which is a career high for the director.
Director Michael Bay brings his latest movie to the big screen in March with the drama Ambulance which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK.
The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal who is known for roles in movies like Brokeback Mountain and Donnie Darko and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who was last seen in The Matrix Resurrections.
The movie is directed by Michael Bay who is most famous for directing Transformers in 2007 and its many sequels.
Movie Synopsis
Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT worker. Caught in a high-speed chase, the two siblings must figure out a way to outrun the law while keeping their hostages alive.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
The BBFC have given The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard a 15 age rating in the UK for very strong language, strong bloody violence, sex references.
An all star lineup of Ryan Reynold, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek return in the comedy movie The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, sequel to The Hitman's Bodyguard.
Also coming along for the ride this time is Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas in what looks like a deadpan comedy.
The movie is directed once again by Patrick Hughes.
Movie Synopsis
The world's top protection agent is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world's most notorious hit men.
The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end of the bullet for years and are thrown together for a wildly outrageous 24 hours. During their journey from England to the Hague, they encounter high-speed car chases, outlandish boat escapades and a merciless Eastern European dictator who is out for blood.
BBFC certificate breakdown.