US release: 26th August 2022
France release: 24th August 2022
Philippines release: 24th August 2022
£721 Thousand $25 Million
$31.7 MillionAs the big new movies dry up the box office sees a load of older movies rebounding on the box office which includes the movie of the year Top Gun: Maverick going back to the top of its 15th weekend of release.
Spider-Man: No Way Home gets a re-release and is the top new movie of the weekend, despite it being a re-release, and lands at number 3 while Jaws enters the box office with a weekend gross of $2.6 Million.
The top movie of the weekend which has never been released before is Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul which makes its debut at number 14 with $1.4 Million.
Climbing back to the top of the US box office as the summer comes to a close is the top movie of the season which takes $6 Million, a 21% increase over last weekend.
Interestingly the is the same behaviour as the form Top Gun movie, which in the summer of 1986 hot the top on its release and then spent another week at the summit as the season came to a close.
The sequel movie has now taken an amazing $699 Million and it is the top movie of 2022, and by next weekend is should have overtaken Black Panther and enter the top 5 North American movies of all time.
The Brad Pitt starring fast train movie stays at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $5.7 Million, a small 2% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross in North America of $86.2 Million after 5 weeks of release.
Although only released last December the last Spider-Man movie has been given a re-release with 20 minutes or so extra footage which takes $5.3 Million over the weekend.
This is the 24th weekend it has spent on the chart and it pushes the movies total gross to $811.6 Million.
THe movie is the 7th top movie of 2022 and is also the 3rd top movie of all time in North America.
The animated feature from the DC superhero universe goes back into the top 5 at number 4 with a weekend gross of $5 Million, an 18% increase.
The movie has taken a total of $80 Million in North America after 6 weeks of release.
Falling from the top where it made its debut last weekend is the horror movie from director Jessica M. Thompson which takes $4.8 Million on its second weekend of release, a 29% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $13 Million.
In a very quiet week for the box office with no major new releases, director Jessica M. Thompson hits the top of the North American charts with The Invitation on its debut weekend.
Veteran director George Miller disappoints with his latest movie Three Thousand Years of Longing starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba which comes in at number 7 with $2.8 Million and John Boyega stars in the new entry at 15, Breaking which takes just over $1 Million.
A re-release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story also makes an re-entry at 13 with $1.1 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend
With no major new releases out again this weekend halloween seems to have started early as this new horror movie from director Jessica M. Thompson hits the top spot on its debut.
The movie takes $7 Million on its debut weekend, and with little in the way of new movies in the coming weeks, and the halloween season fast approaching this could be a mainstay into October.
Taking advantage of the lack of but new movies the Brad Pitt starring vehicle jumps back up to number 2 this weekend with $5.6 Million, a 30% drop from last weekend.
This gives the train movie a total US gross of $78.2 Million over its 4 weeks of release.
The movie which stars Idris Elba punching a killer lion falls to 3 this weekend with $4.9 Million, a large 58% drop on its second weekend of release.
The movie has now taken $20 Million at the North American box office, this should have been a bigger hit for the star who is a box office pull these days but the marketing for the movie has been poor and it looks like it will sink onto home video quickly.
Another film taking advantage of the lack of big new movie release, the biggest movie of the summer stays inside the top 5 for a 14th weekend with a gross of $4.7 Million at number 4, a small 20% drop from last weekend.
Whats even more impressive is that the movie is released onto digital home video this week, which does not seem to have effect the box office pull of the movie.
It is by far the top movie of the year with $691 Million, a place it will remain at as the year closes, it is also now the 6th top movie of all time in the US and will close in on Black Panther in the coming days to enter the top 5 of all time.
Taking a massive dive from its debut position as the top last weekend is the Japanese animated movie which falls to number 5 this weekend with $4.5 Million, a 77% drop over last weekend which gives it a total US gross of $30.7 Million after 2 weeks.
Horror/Slasher movie The Invitation has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong horror, violence, bloody images.
The movie stars Nathalie Emmanuel who can be seen in the Fast series movie Fast & Furious 9, it also stars Thomas Doherty who was last seen in the 2018 movie Free Dance.
The movie is directed by Jessica M. Thompson who previously directed The Light of the Moon in 2017.
Movie Synopsis
After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie takes a DNA test and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound family to a lavish wedding in the English countryside, Evie's at first seduced by the sexy aristocratic host. However, she's soon thrust into a nightmare of survival as she uncovers twisted secrets about her family history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful generosity.
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