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$0Sequel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a debut gross of over $181 Millon, it is also the only new entry on the top 15 this weekend.
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As wil all Marvel/Disney movies in the modern cinema age, the Black Panther sequel makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.
The movies makes its debut with a gross of $181.3 Million, a very substantial gross for a November movie release, but lower than that of the first movie.
Black Panther, which was released in the February of 2018, took a fantastic $202 Million on its debut.
The movie has instantly become the 8th top grossing movie of 2022 on its release.
The DC super hero movie starring Dwayne Johnson falls from the top to number 2 this weekend with a weekend gross of $8 Millon, a 56% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken $150.5 Million in North America after 4 weeks of release and is the 10th top grossing movie of 2022.
Surprise hit of the season starrring George Clooney and Julie Roberts in a romantic comedy remains at number 3 this weekend with $5.9 Million, a small 31% drop over last week.
This gives the movie a total gross of $56.3 Million after 4 weeks of release.
The Children's book adaptation jumps back up the box office from number 6 to 4 this weekend with $3.2 Million, a tiny 5% drop over last week.
THe movie has taken an excellent $40.8 Million in North America after 6 weeks of release.
As the horror movie of the season starts to loose steam this this weekend and falls to number 5 it takes $2.3 Million, a modest 41% drop over last week.
This gives the movie a total gross of $102 Million as it passes a massive milestone in North America after 7 weeks of release.
This weekend marks the lowest grossing total weekend since 4th September 2020 when Tenet was the top movie of the weekend and the country was still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic.
See How They Run~2020 remains at the top for a second weekend while the only new movie of the weekend is the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream at number 10.
Remaining at number 1 this weekend is the comedy murder mystery from director Tom George starring Saoirse Ronan which takes £984,779 on its second weekend of release, a small 15% drop from last weekend.
The movie remains at the top largely because there was no major new release on the box office this weekend, the movie has taken £2.8 Million over its 2 weeks of release.
When there is nothing new at the cinema people go and see the old movies they missed, hence the Brad Pitt action/comedy jumps back up to number 2 from 8 on its 7th weekend of release with £325,252, a small 6% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken £10.3 Million at the UK box office over its 7 weeks of release.
Another big movie jumping back up the box office is the sequel movie to Minions which jumps back from 5 to 3 on its 12th weekend with £321,746, a 16% drop over last weekend.
The Despicable Me universe movie has now taken £45.1 Million in the UK over its 17 weeks and is the second top movie of 2022 in the UK.
Making a magnificent movie back into the top 5 bouncing from 9th to 4th is the movie of the summer which takes £320,963 on its 17th weekend on the box office, and this weekend gross is an amazing 3% higher than last weekend.
The movie is the top film of 2022, and will end up that way by the end of the year as Avatar: The Way of Water wont have the steam to get past a billion in 2022 as its release is so late in the year.
The movie is also the 8th top movie of all time in the UK having jumped over Star Wars: The Last Jedi this week, I would say the £89 Million of Avengers: Endgame is out of its range but you simply never know with this film!
The animated feature from the Warner Bros. DC Universe jumps one place to number 5 this weekend with £307,920, a 16% drop over last weekend.
the movie has taken £14.8 Million in the UK over its 8 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 10 this week with a documentary about the Ziggy Stardust years of David Bowie directed by Brett Morgen.
The movie takes £181,467 on its debut weekend.
Comedy action movie Free Guys makes its UK box office debut and only out grosses children's TV favourite The Paw Patrol Movie by the slimmest of margins.
There were no other movies making their debut on the top 5 this week but further down sequel movie Don't Breathe 2 enters at number 7 with £349,702 and the critically acclaimed The Courier is at 8 with £339,020.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown for weekend 13th - 15th August 2021.
Starring Ryan Reynolds this action comedy directed by Shawn Levy takes over at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend with a gross of £2.4 Million.
Its another movie which has had its release date shifted around a few time because of the pandemic closures but with this debut its not harmed the film much.
The movie is a romance comedy about a video game NPC (Non Playable Character) who suddenly realises what he is will play to the teen audience that is currently on summer holidays in the UK.
With parents struggling to find things to do with their young children during the summer holidays a cinema is once again starting to be a go to, so we see this TV to big screen adaptation making a bog splash on this weeks chart.
Taking £2.4 Million on its opening weekend it lands at number 2 this weekend a narrowly misses out on a top spot debut.
Falling from the top to number 3 this weekend the comic book bad guy movie seems to be loosing steam quickly and this weekend takes £1.06 Million, a 53% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken £10.8 Million in the UK over its 3 weeks of release and is the 5th top movie of 2021 in the UK.
Also starting to drop quicker than maybe expected is the Disney fantasy adventure starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt which this week takes £847,031, a 57% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken £8.4 Million in the UK over 3 weeks of release and is currently the 9th top movie of 2021.
Falling to number 5 this weekend is the toon and live action basketball sequel movie which takes £506,179 over the weekend, a 53% drop, for a total UK gross of £10.1 Million and the 6th top movie of 2021.
With cinemas really starting to show a return to normal we get the best opening weekend of the 'pandemic' era as Fast and Furious 9 shows that a year of delays hasn't hurt its box office potential.
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard falls to number 3 this weekend and with such a big blockbuster hitting the top no studios released new movies in competition so F9 is the only new movie on the top 10.
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US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th June 2021
Delayed by over a year due to COVID-19 the 9th movie in the successful car franchise hits the top spot on its debut release with an pandemic excellent $70 Million.
As expected this beats all other movie in the last 18 months and sets a new standard for recent movies.
It also gives a real indication that things are starting to go back to normal and cinema audiences are starting to return.
The future looks good for the movie with just Black Widow still a while away which will challenge for the top spot.
The horror movie falls to number 2 this week after retaking the top spot last weekend with a gross of $6.2 Million, a 32% drop from last week.
This gives the movie a yearly best os $136.3 Million after 5 weeks of release.
The sequel movie hit hard last weekend but lost steam in its second weekend with a fall to 3 and a $4.87 Million weekend, a large 71% drop.
After 2 weeks of release the movie has now taken $25.8 Million and is looking to disappear from the box office fast.
Managing to hang on to a place on the top 5 is the sequel movie which this weekend takes $4.85 Million, just 20% down, for a 3 week total of $28.8 Million.
Disney have done will with movies on the Disney+ platform and cinema at the same time and this weekend their origin movie remains at 5 with $3.7 Million, 23% down, for a very respectable $71.3 Million total after 5 weeks.
The follow up to 2014's hit film The Lego Movie makes its debut on the UK box offie this weekend although the 5 year gap has not been kind to the little brick movie.
Opening to a £4 million debut weekend the second lego movie has taken half that of the opening weekend of the first movie in the series.
It been 5 years since that movie caused a storm and despite the humour being very similar and the film generally getting good reviews The Batman Lego Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie were not well received and may have damaged the brands reputation.
Heavily hyped as 'from producer James Cameron' and 'directed by Robert Rodriguez' this live action Japanese cyberpunk manga hits the UK box office at number 2.
Taking £3.1 million on its debut its in the same ball park but a little below Ghost In The Shell from 2017 which had bigger star appeal but reviews weren't as good.
A single week at the top for the threequel dragon movie as it falls to number 3 this week with £2.7 million and a £9 million total after 10 days of release.
Falling to number 4 on its second week of release the drama starring Viggo Mortensen takes just over a million to boost its 10 day total to £3.6 million.
Loosing steam fast now is the James McAvoy starring film which falls to 5 this week with £560,579 push its total just £9.6 million, it will go over the £10 million mark by next weekend.
The disney film continues to be the top film so far of 2019 with a gross of £20 million although its total gross is £43 million.
The big BAFTA winning film is still the top film of the year for films released in 2019 with a £14.6 million total gross and is this week at number 13.