Marvel release their latest movie and with it the first signs that cinema goers are putting the pandemic behind them is stating to show as it gets a massiv debut gross.

Also new on the global box office this week is The Tomorrow War which makes its debut in Chinese cinemas and gets a good debut weekend, also new this week are After We Fell which is new at 7 with $6 Million .

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (@1)
• Longest run - Fast & Furious 9 (16 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Fast & Furious 9 ($710.6 Million)

Global box office top 5 breakdown weekend 3rd - 5th September 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

A new Marvel movie and a new number 1, the second movie in the phase 4 series of movies from the MCU gets a cinema only release and becomes one of the top movies in recent months.

The movie takes a fantastic $127.6 Million on its debut weekend and continues to prove that cinema is not a dying form of watching movies and studios can make money.

The movie got released in 42 countries this weekend and topped the box office in most of them.

Free Guy

Shawn Levys sleeper movie of the summer falls to number 2 this weekend after spending 3 weeks at top with a $34 Million gross from 48 countries.

The movie has had small drops in weekend taking over its weeks of release and this week is no exception with a small 33% drop, another sign people are going back to cinemas.

It is now the 6th top grossing movie globally of 2021 with $239.2 Million.

Candyman

The horror remake never made it to the top of the global box office as this week it drop to number 3 with a weekend gross of $13.1 Million from 53 countries, a 52% drop on its second weekend, the movie has taken $50 Million in total.

The PAW Patrol: Movie

The Children's movie drops to number 4 this weekend with $11.1 Million from from 48 countries, a very slim 34% drop over last weekend, for a total of $80.6 Million after 4 weeks of release.

The Tomorrow War

This Chris McKay starring Chris Pratt got released in many countries back in July on the Amazon Prime streaming channel, but this week gets a cinema release in China and makes its global debut at 5 with $8.1 Million.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 2nd July 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Fast & Furious 9 from the top of the UK box office.

Freaky

• The movie is directed by Christopher Landon, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Christopher Landon also directed Happy Death Day 2U in 2019 which grossed £1.3 Million in the UK.
• It stars Vince Vaughn who last starred in Arkansas (2020).
• The film also stars Kathryn Newton who last appeared in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021).

Violet Evergarden: The Movie

• The movie is directed by Taichi Ishidate, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Taichi Ishidate also directed Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll in 2019.
• It stars Yui Ishikawa who last starred in Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021).
• The film also stars Daisuke Namikawa who last appeared in Robot Carnival (1987).

Voyagers

• The movie is directed by Neil Burger, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Neil Burger also directed Interview With the Assassin in 2002.
• It stars Tye Sheridan who last starred in The Night Clerk (2020).
• The film also stars Lily-Rose Depp who last appeared in Crisis (2021).

French Exit

• The movie is directed by Azazel Jacobs, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Azazel Jacobs also directed Mommas Man in 2008 which grossed £2.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Pfeiffer who last starred in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
• The film also stars Lucas Hedges who last appeared in Waves (2020).

The Tomorrow War

• The movie is directed by Chris McKay, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Chris McKay also directed The Lego Batman Movie 2 in 2022.
• It stars Chris Pratt who last starred in Onward (2020).
• The film also stars Yvonne Strahovski who last appeared in Angel of Mine (2019).

Another Round

• The movie is directed by Thomas Vinterberg, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Thomas Vinterberg also directed The Commune in 2016 which grossed £25.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who last starred in Chaos Walking (2021).
• The film also stars Thomas Bo Larsen who last appeared in The Wave (2016).
• Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Bo Larsen have starred in 6 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Torremolinos 73 (2003).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there is 1 new movie released

• Black Widow, Wednesday, 7th July