The new dinosaur movie Jurassic World Dominion makes its way to the top of the global box office as it goes mega wide in 73 countries.
South Korean movie Broker is the top new film of the weekend at number 6 with $5.3 Million over the weekend from just 2 countries.
Taking over at the top of the worldwide box office this weekend is the latest, and perhaps the last, of the long running dinosaur series of movies started way back in 1993 with Jurassic park.
This new entry which is a sequel to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom climbs to the top after a quiet launch last weekend, this week it takes $319.9 Million from 73 countries, an 83% increase over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total global gross of $389 Million and it takes it into the top 10 movies of 2022 at number 10.
Falling to number 2 after a two week spell at the top the Tom Cruise movie takes $102 Million on its 3rd weekend of release from 65 countries, a 39% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $747 Million iver its box office run and is the 3rd top movie of 2022.
Falling to 3 this weekend is the Doctor Strange sequel movie which takes $10.2 Million in its 6th weekend of release, from 49 countries, a 50% drop.
the movie has now taken $930.2 Million over its 6 week run as its approaches the $1 Billion mark and it is the top movie of 2022.
The South Korean action movie is still only released in 4 countries and this week goes back into the top 5 at 4 from 6.
The movie takes $7.5 Million over the weekend, a 29% drop, giving the movie a total of $81.1 Million after 4 weeks.
Staying at 5 this weekend is the animated movie which takes $6.6 Million from 72 countries, a 46% drop over last weekend giving the movie a total of $229.6 Million after 13 weeks.
The next movie in the mega successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is given a 12A age rating by the BBFC for shows in the UK.
The movie stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange who has played the character since the first Doctor Strange movie through to last years Spider-Man: No Way Home and Elizabeth Olson as Wanda Maximoff, the actress has played the character since Avengers: Age of Ulton through to the mega successful Disney+ series Wandavision.
The movie is directed by Sam Raimi who brought us the horror classic The Evil Dead in 1981 but was also responsible for the original Spider-Man trilogy starring Toby Maguire from 2002-2007.
Movie Synopsis
Dr Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to the multiverse. However, a threat emerges that may be too big for his team to handle.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
After 4 weeks there is a change at the top of the US box office as the new Scream
movie makes its debut at the top knocking Spider-Man: No Way Home down to number 2.Also new this week is Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess which enters the box office at number 6 with a $1.6 Million debut weekend.
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North American weekend box office top 5 breakdown 14th - 16th January 2022
Back for a 5th movie in the series, and this time once again just called Scream the long running franchise re-unites all the primary cast from the 1996 original.
The movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a gross of $30.6 Million making it the second highest grossing movie of 2022.
Falling to number 2 this weekend after a 4 week spell at the top is the Marvel/Sony MCU movie which takes $20.8 Million this weekend, a 37% drop over last week.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $698.7 Million, it is the top movie so far in 2022 with $88.8 Million and is also the 6th top grossing movie of all time in North America.
The animated sequel falls to number 3 this weekend after three weeks at number 2 with a weekend gross of $8.2 Million, a 31% drop over last weekend.
The Garth Jennings directed movie has now taken $119.3 Million in North America and with $29.6 Million in 2022 is the 3rd top movie of the year.
The action movie starring Diane Kruger and Penelope Cruz falls to number 4 this week with $2.3 Million, a hefty 51% drop over its debut last weekend, giving the movie a $8.4 Million total and the 5th top movie of 2022.
Four weeks on and the prequel movie falls to number 5 with $2.3 Million, a 39% drop, pushing its gross to $28.6 Million and the 4th top movie of 2022 with $9.1 Million.
After a long delay hitting North American cinemas Steven Spielberg's remake of the classic West Side Story its the top of the box office on its debut weekend.
With such a strong new release there was little other new movies hitting the top 10 this weekend, National Champions from director Ric Roman Waugh made its debut at 13 with a weekend gross of $300,000.
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North American box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th December 2021
Maverick director Steven Spielberg brings his remake of the 1957 stage classic to the big screen, his first movie since Ready Player One in 2018.
The movie was originally turned into a big screen extravaganza in 1961 when director Robert Wise brought to the screen what is probably the most famous version of the classic Romeo & Juliette inspired story.
Spielberg's version makes its debut with a weekend gross of $10.5 Million.
The Disney animated movie falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 weekend spell at the top with a gross of $9.4 Million, a very small 25% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross after 3 weeks of $71.3 Million.
The Ghostbusters sequel sits on the top 5 for a 4th weekend, this week slipping to number 3 with a gross of $7.1 Million, a slim 31% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a fairly respectable $112 Million over its 4 weeks on release and is the 10th top grossing movie of 2021.
Director Ridley Scott's true life family drama falls to number 4 this weekend with $4.06 Million, a 40% drop over last weekened, giving the movie a total US gross of $41 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Hanging on to a top 5 placing for another weekend, the Chle Zhao directed movie from the Marvel Universe takes $3.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 21% drop, for a total US gross of $161.2 Million, it is the 5th top movie of 2021.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife brings the flagging series back to life as the new sequel hits the top og the US box office on its opening weekend.
Also new and hitting the top 5 this weekend is the Will Smith movie King Richard which makes its debut at number 4.
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US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 19th - 21st November 2021
Directed original series director Ivan Reitmams son Jason, this reboot and sequel to the original Ghostbusters has had fans eagerly awaiting and this week makes its debut at the top.
The movie takes a very respectable $44 Million on its debut weekend.
The latest Marvel movie falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 week spell at the top with $10.8 Million, a 60% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total of $135.8 over 3 weeks of release and a number 7 place of the top movie of 2021.
The live action movie based on the beloved animated series falls to number 3 this weekend with $8.1 Million, 1 51% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a 2 week total of $33.5 Million.
Will Smith brings his latest movie to the big screen playing the father of tenis aces Serena and Venus Wiliams.
The movie enters the box office at number 4 with a debut gross of $5.7 Million.
Director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the sci-fi classic falls to number 5 this weekend with $3 Million, a 45% drop, giving the movie a gross of $98 Million over 5 weeks of release.
the movie should go over the $100 Million mark by next weekend and climb into the top 10 movies of 2021.