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$63.5 MillionThe box office is waiting for the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness this coming weekend so we have an almost static top 5 with The Bad Guys remaining at the top for a solid second weekend.
The top new movie of the weekend is the formulaic Lian Neeson movie Memory~2022 which makes its debut at 8 with $3.1 Million.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 29th April - 1st May 2022
After making making its debut at the top last weekend the animated smash hit from Dreamworks Animated Studio remains at the top with a weekend gross of $16.1 Million, a 33% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of $44,444,400 over its 2 weeks of release.
The highest grossing video game adaptation of all time remains at number 2 on this weeks North American box office with a gross of $11.3 Million, a small 27% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a total of $160.9 Million is North American over its 4 weeks of release and is the 3rd top movie of 2022.
The third in the Fantastic Beasts is at 3 this weekend with $8.3 Million, a 41% drop over last weekend, giving it a total of $79.5 Million over its 3 weeks of release.
It will end up the lowest grossing move in the franchise, to date, although it is the 6th top grossing movie of 2022 so far.
Robert Eggers Nordic action drama remains at 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million, a 49% drop, for a $22,8 Million total after 2 weeks of release.
Going back into the top 5 is directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert mind bending drama which takes $5.5 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 2% increase.
The movie has been increasing its screen count in North America over its release as well as its popularity, it has currently taken $35.4 Million over its 6 weeks of release.
With movie distributers slowing down their release schedules until after Marvel release their highly anticipated Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness this coming weekend it gave Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore a chance to spend a fourth weekend at the top.
The rest of the top 5 was basically the same with The Northman moving back up into the top 5, the highest new movie of the weekend was the British aristocracy sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era which entered the box office at 6 with $9.2 Million from 33 countries.
Also new at number 7 is the Chinese movie Stay with Me which took $8.3 Million from a single country release.
Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 29th April - 1st May 2022
A fourth weekend at the top for the third in the Fantastic Beasts series as the movie take $34 Million from a massive 74 countries, a 35% drop over last weekend.
The movie has managed to become a sizeable hit for Warner Bros. despite being the lowest grossing of the Wizarding World movies, its total gross is currently $329.5 Million.
It is the 6th top grossing movie of 2022 to date, it may struggle to stay in the top 10 looking at the rest of the years releases.
The video game sequel movie this week became the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time, taking over from Sonic the Hedgehog from 2018.
This weekend the movie took $35.8 Million from 62 countries, a 24% drop over last weekend, for a total global gross of $323.5 Million which makes it the 7th to grossing movie of 2022.
the smash hit animated tale from Dreamworks Studios remains at number 3 this weekend with $25 Million, a 16% drop over last weekend, from 63 countries.
This gives the movie a global gross of $118.7 Million after 7 weeks of release.
Remaining at number 4 is the action comedy starring Sandra Bullock which takes $14.4 Million over the weekend, a 33% drop, from 62 countries, giving the movie a total gross of $148 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Director Robert Eggers's Nordic action drama jumps back up the box office to number 5 this weekend with $10.7 Million, a 41% drop over last weekend, from 46 countries giving it a total global gross of $41.6 Million after 3 weeks.
Animated movie The Bad Guys makes its debut at the top of the North American box office while The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent also make their debuts inside the top 5.
Also making its debut this weekend is Y como es el at number 12 with $630,000 and indie movie Everything Everywhere All At Once continues to do well at the North American box office despite falling a couple of places having taken $5.4 Million this weekend.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
The new animated feature from the same studio that produced Shrek makes its North American debut at the top of the box office with a weekend gross of $24 Million.
Despite the fact this is no where near the $42 Million of Shrek from 2001, which is about $70 Million adjusted for inflation, this is a good debut for a new IP from the studio and should spawn a sequel.
The blue video have hedgehog remains at number 2 this weekend with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore jumping over it, with a weekend gross of $15.2 Million.
This is a 49% drop over last weekend giving the movie a 3 week gross of $145.8 Million and the 4th top movie of 2022.
Falling hard on its second weekend of release is the Fantastic Beasts third movie which falls from the top to number 3 with $14 Million, a big 67% drop on its second weekend.
The movie has taken a total of $67.1 Million in the US and with bad reviews and word of mouth we could see this disappear quite quick onto HBO Max, with the future of the series in question!
Director Robert Eggers debuts his new movie, a Nordic action adventure starring Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman, at number 4 this weekend.
The movie takes $12 Million over its debut weekend, but with good word of mouth and critical acclaim this could see its better days ahead.
A massive marketing campaign and fairly good critical reviews dont seem to have helped this Nicholas Cage self parody movie as it makes its debut at number 5 with $7.1 Million.
It was a tight battle at the top this weekend but The Lost City~2022 just about does enough to make its debut at the top of the UK box office.
The Northman also makes a new entry at number 4 while Operation Mincemeat is also new at 5, also making their debuts are K.G.F: Chapter 2 at 7 with £612,327 and Beast~2022 at 8 with £319,464, finally director Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta is new at 11 with £62,056.
UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
After a weekend full of new releases the Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum starring action comedy makes its UK box office debut at the top.
The movie takes £2.7 Million on its UK debut, this higher than Tatums hit movie Dog from earlier this year but half that of Bullocks last cinema film Ocean's 8 from 2018.
The movie has been a hit across the globe with the UK one of the last countries to get the movie, but with a number of high profile movies coming in the next few weeks this could be a short stay for the movie.
It was a tight margin between this and The Lost City~2022 at number 1 but the third Fantastic Beasts movie fell just short of a second weekend at the top.
With a gross of £2.6 Million, 55% down on its debut last weekend, and despite not doing that bad it is well short of the previous two movies Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the series has simply not had the impact of the Harry Potter series.
The movie is the 7th top grosser of 2022 and there is every possibility it could return to top next weekend.
THe video game star falls to number 3 this weekend with £2 Million, a 29% drop over last weekend giving the blue hedgehog a total UK gross of £16 Million after 3 weeks and the 5th top movie of 2022.
Highly praised by critics the Nordic action movie directed by Robert Eggers and starring Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman lands at number 4 this weekend.
The movie takes £897,737 on its debut weekend.
Finally on the top 5 is another new entry with the Colin Firth starring movie which is at 5 with a debut gross of £895,008, a small margin separated this and The Northman!