US release: 7th January 2022
France release: 5th January 2022
Australia release: 6th January 2022
£918.8 Thousand $14.6 Million
$13.7 MillionAfter 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.
Spider-Man: No Way Home spends a fourth weekend at the top of the US box office as no big new releases hit cinemas in the new year and the top debut of the weekend is The 355 at number 3.
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US box office weekend top 5 breakdown 7th - 9th January 2022
Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man movie spends a fourth weekend at the top of the US box office with a gross os $33 Million, a slender 37% drop over last weekend.
The movie is the longest running number 1 movie since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, also from the MCU, also spend 4 week at the top in September 2021.
The movie is now the 6th top movie in the US of all time having just overtaken Titanic and Jurassic World and should overtake Avengers: Infinity War and maybe Black Panther by next weekend.
The animated sequel movie is proving to be a massive hit and this week remains at number 4 on the US box office with $11.9 Million, 39% down on last weekend.
THe movie has now taken $109 Million over 3 weeks of release.
Highest debut of the weekend is the Simon Kinberg action movie starring Diane Kruger and Pen�lope Cruz which after a number of delays finally arrives at number 3 with $4.8 Million on its debut.
Matthew Vaughn's prequel movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $3.7 Million on its third weekend of release, a small 27% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a $25 Million total gross on the US box office.
The sport underdog movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $2.4 Million, 41% down on last weekend, giving the movie a total of $18.7 Million after 3 weeks.
Spider-Man: No Way Home continues it's run at the top of the global box office this weekend as it spends a fourth weekend at the top, and with audience being unimpressed with the weekends new release, The 355 makes its debut at number 8 with $6.3 Million.
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Global box office top 5 breakdown weekend 7th - 9th January 2022
Four weeks in the the Marvel/Sony movie is still outstripping everything at the global box office as the movie takes $97.4 Million over the weekend from 63 countries, a slim 26% drop.
The movie has been the biggest thing to hit the global box office in a couple of year and this weekend its total global gross sits at an amazing $1.5 Billion.
It is now the 8th top movie of all time having just overtaken The Avengers from 2012.
THe animated sequel is proving to be a big hit at the global box office as the movie jumps to number 2 on it's third weekend with $29 Million from 55 countries, a very slim 21% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $190.8 Million over its 3 week global release.
Director Matthew Vaughn's prequel movie jumps to number 3 from 6 on its third weekend with a gross of $16.6 Million from 44 countries, a slim 10% drop over last weekend.
This puts the movies total global gross at $74.2 Million.
Released in just 5 countries the Chinese movie falls to number 4 this weekend with $10.9 Million, a drop of 87%, giving it a total of $112.5 Million after 2 weeks of release.
THe latest movie in The Matrix series has had a troubled box office run so far but this week jumps to number 5 from 7 with a gross of $9.5 Million, a reasonable 45% drop over last weekend.
The movie is still on release in a huge 77 countries and has taken $76.2 Million globally to date.