With the Chinese new year over the flood of films is starting to slow down and this weekend Avatar: The Way of Water goes back to the top of the global box office.

The top new movie of the weekend is the re-release of Titanic with the top 'new' movie being Magic Mikes Last Dance at number 5

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th February 2023

After falling from the top of the global box office for a couple of weeks James Camerons monster hit movie goes back up the chart this weekend.

The movie did for a while overtake the directors other, former top movie ever, Titanic as the third top grossing movie ever, but it didn't last long!

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• The movie is release in 53 countries globally this weekend
• It grosses $25,784,000 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $2,213,519,731 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is globally the 4th top grossing movie of all time.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $1,664,972,905 at the box office after 9 weeks of release.

Falling to number 2 this weekend is the Chinese movie which was released over the big new year celebration and had taken $545.9 Million globally since its release 4 weeks ago.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $25,394,000 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 7 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $545,924,155 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Wandering Earth which took $682,153,850 at the box office after 4 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Getting a re-release to celebrate its 25th anniversary, this time in a new 4K 3D print, the former highest grossing movie of all time is the top new movie globally this weekend.

The movie momentarily fell to the fourth top grossing movie globally, getting overtaken by Avatar: The Way of Water, but this release means it retakes the third place on the chart!

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It grosses $22,300,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 52 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is globally the 3rd top grossing movie of all time.

The Chinese hit movie falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $19 Million boosting its total gross to $623.4 Million, it is the 2nd top grossing movie of 2023.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $19,149,000 over the weekend, a 62% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 2 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $623,489,000 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Making its debut on the global box office at number 5 this weekend is the threequel movie from the Magic Mike series of movie starring Channing Tatum and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $18,600,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 42 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Magic Mike XXL which took $33,344,011 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

Last week saw The Lion King at the top of the UK box office, can any of this weeks new releases do enough to top the chart this weekend?

Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood

First up at cinemas this week is Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood, a Comedy directed by Quentin Tarantino who also directed Kill Bill Volume 1 in 2003 which grossed £11.5 Million.

It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who last starred in Before The Flood (2016) and Brad Pitt who last appeared in Deadpool 2 (2018).

Dora And The Lost City Of Gold

Next on the new release schedule is Dora And The Lost City Of Gold, this new Family stars Isabela Moner and Eugenio Derbez.

The film is brought to us by 4 time director James Bobin.

Good Boys

Next up this week is Good Boys which is directed by Gene Stupnitsky and is a directorial debut.

It stars Jacob Tremblay and Keith L. Williams.

Uglydolls

Also this week there is Uglydolls from director Kelly Asbury who also directed Gnomeo And Juliet in 2011.

The film features Pitbull and Ice-T in starring roles.

Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Come back next week when there are 3 new releases hitting cinemas. -

• Crawl you can see from Friday, 23rd August
• Angel Has Fallen is out Friday, 23rd August
• Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark is in cinemas Friday, 23rd August

It's still a fairly elite group with this being only the fifth film to get there, but this week Alice in Wonderland's gross takes it over the Billion mark in world takings.

The first film to get there was Titanic back in 1997 which held the honor as the ONLY film in the club until Lord of the Rinds: The Return of the King managed the feat in 2003.

Since then the flood gates opened when 2006 saw the final Pirates of the Caribbean films go over a billion and then The Dark Night just about managed the feat in 2009.

Then this year Avatar blew the book out of the water and is getting close to $3 Billion in grosses.

Avatar and Alice played the game a little unfair mind when you consider 2 factors, ticket prices are far higher now that they have ever been, and then there is the little extra (and very unfair) surcharge for the 3D and IMAX, studios stop this NOW.