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$0After all the controversy surrounding the new movie starring Florence Pugh and directed by and starring Olivia Wilde, Don't Worry Darling makes its debut at the op of the US box office.
Looking ahead to the release of the much awaited sequel Avatar gets another re-release in cinemas this time in a new 4K print the apparently enhances the 3D and the experience!
Highest new movie this weekend
Despite the reports that have emerged over the months regarding the production of this much anticipated movie it manages to land at the top of the US box office on its debut.
The audience in North America was primarily female it it has got mixed reviews across the board but in the current theatrical climate a $19.3 Million debut is not too bad.
For the director Olivia Wilde this is a career high, but star Florence Pugh has been in some very high profile movie including Black Widow from 2021, but Midsommar from 2019 is a good comparison and that debuted to $6.5 Millon in early July.
Falling from the top spot this weekend is the Viola Davis movie which takes $11 Million on its second weekend, a 41% drop over its debut.
The movie has taken a total of $36.2 Million over its 2 weeks of release in North America.
Getting another cinema release in preperation for the sequel this December is the former highest grossing movie of all time in North America, which in a new 4K version lands at number 3 with $10 Million.
This is the movie 32 weekend on the North American box office and it is the 5th time it has has a re-release.
The movie has to date taken $771 Million at the US box office and is 4th top grossing movie in the US behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Low budget horror movies are the order of the day as Halloween approaches and the Zach Cregger directed movie drop to number 4 this week on its 3rd weekend of release with $4.8 Million, a small 28% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $28.4 Million over its 3 weeks of release.
Falling to 5 this weekend is another relatively low budget horror movie as the second film in the Ti West director X horror trilogy takes $2 Million on its second weekend, a 39% drop.
The movie has taken $6 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Super-Heroes were the order of the weekend again, this time in an animated for as the DC movie DC League of Super-Pets takes over at the top of the US box office.
Also new this weekend is Vengeance from The Office star B.J. Novak which takes $1.7 Million on its debut and enters at number 10.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend and the new number 1 movie is the DC animated feature which takes the top of the North American box office with $23 Million.
Director Jordan Peele's third movie entered the box office at number 1 last weekend but slips to second place on its second week of release.
The movie takes $18.5 Million this weekend which is a steep 58% drop over last weekend and this brings the movies total gross to $80 Million.
The latest in the MCU series of movies spends its 4th weekend on the top 5 as it slips to number 3 with $13 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken �301.6 Million on its North America run which makes it the 6th top movie of 2022.
Comparing the movie to Thor: Ragnarok which had taken $277 Million 4 weeks into its run this movie is ahead.
The animated sequel takes $10 Million over the weekend, its 5th on the box office, which is a 39% drop from the previous weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $320 Million, it is the 5th top movie of 2022 so far.
Compared to Minions from 2015 this movie is ahead of its $302 Million it had grossed 5 weeks into its run.
The biggest hit of the year so far as the Tom Cruise starring movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $8.4 Million over the weekend, a very low 18% drop for a movie which is 10 weeks old.
This gives the movie $650 Million in total and it is the top movie of 2022 by a large margin.
Compared to 1986's Top Gun, and adjusted for inflation, this movie is well behind its $235 Million ($95 Million actual).
In a time when remakes are the order of the day the 'classic' horror film Childs play is given a 15 age rating by the BBFC.
Based on the 1989 film Child's Play is about a possessed doll which is a mischievous killer.
The remake is brought to us by director Lars Klevberg and the BBFC have given it a 15 rating for strong gory violence, threat, language - it has an official runtime of 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes).
CHILD'S PLAY (15) strong gory violence, threat, language https://t.co/2gyUi0CvQj
— BBFC (@BBFC) June 6, 2019
Venom stays at the top of the US box office this week with A Star Is Born staying at number 2, while new entries First Man and Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween follow at 3 and 4.
The Tom Hardy starring super villain movie manages to stay ahead of the crowd for a second weekend and remain at the top with a $35 million gross.
This brings the Reuben Fleischer directed Marvel films total gross after 10 days of release to $142.8 million.
Remaining in the runner up spot this week is the Bradley Cooper directed remake starring Lady Gaga which takes $28 million on its second weekend.
The film is just shy of the $100 million mark after 10 days with a US gross of $94.1 million.
Highest new entry of the week comes in at 3, the potential Oscar glory film starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Damien Chazelle, the film about the first man on the moon takes $16.5 million on its debut.
lighthearted spooks is the order of the day at 4 with the sequel new entry starring Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jack Black.
The film from the successful series of books of the same name takes $16.2 million on its debut weekend.
The lighthearted family comedy has been on the chart now for 3 weeks and takes $9.3 million to boost its total US gross to $57.6 million.
The last in the trilogy of Planet of The Apes prequel movies opens at the top of the Uk box office this week knocking Spider-Man Homecoming off after just a single week.
War For The Planet of The Apes which stars Woody Harrelson and Any Serkis hits the top with a weekend gross of £7.1 million, a very good gross for a critically praised film.
The trilogy of films has been constant on its debut and this does better than Rise but not quite at good as Dawn's £8 million debut.
With this in mind I'd expect this to end its run in the £30 million region.
Spider-Man Homecoming falls to number 3 this week leapfrogging over Despicable Me 3 by the tightest of margins with a £3.7 million weekend.
This brings the films total gross to £16 million after 10 days of release and is looking set to match the first Spider-Man film from 2002.
Despicable Me at number 2 took £3.8 million and has now grossed £26 million from 3 weekends of release.
For the Monday - Sunday week the top film would have been Spider-Man with a £7.4 million weekly gross with Apes second and Despicable Me 3 third.
For the third weekend running The Boss Baby is the longest running film with 15 weeks and the highest grossing with £28 million.
Historical charts
A year ago - This time last year expectations were high when the rebooted Ghostbusters hit the top on its debut knocking off The Secret Life of Pets after 3 weeks on top.
Five years ago - Ice Age: Continental Drift stayed on top for a third week while the top new film was Magic Mike at number 3.
Ten years ago - It was a rare summer release for Harry Potter as Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix hit the top on its debut knocking Shrek The Third down to 2.
Fifteen years ago - Scooby Doo was the top film of the week making its debut while Minority Report fell to number 2 after a week on top.
Twenty years ago - Batman and Robin stayed on top for a third weekend with the top new film Murder at 1600 landing at 3.
Twenty five years ago - Batman Returns was the top film of the week landing at number 1 on its debut while The Player fell to number 2 after 2 weeks on top.