US release: 22nd April 2022
France release: 20th April 2022
Indonesia release: 20th April 2022
£1.4 Million $20.2 Million
$23.9 MillionAnimated 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.
Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 3rd September 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Free Guy from the top of the UK box office.
Here are this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.