US release: 16th May 1986
£9.5 Million
$180 Million
$357.1 MillionDirector Christopher McQuarrie and mega star Tom Cruise come together once again in a Mission:Impossbile movie and tops the box office with a debut gross of over £10 Milion.
The movie has been well received by critics and audiences and with a generous dose of hype, and Cruise coming off the back of last years top movie Top Gun Maverick the movie opens higher than the 2018 movie Mission:Impossible - Fallout.
Last weeks top movie Elemental falls to number 2 on its second weekend of release.
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The Flash only spends a single weekend at the top of the UK box office as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse goes back to the top on its 4th weekend of release.
The top new movie of the weekend is No Hard Feelings which makes its debut at 3 while Asteroid City makes its debut one place lower at 4.
This is the first weekend since 22nd July 2022 where the full top 5 has taken over £1 Million, that weekend we had Minions the rise of Gru at the top, Thor Love and Thunder in second, Where the Crawdads Sing at 3, Elvis at 4 and the summer hit Top Gun Maverick at 5.
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The movies series that has superstar Tom Cruise at the very centre reaches its 7th edition with Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat.
Starring the ever popular Tom Cruise who starred in last years biggest movie Top Gun Maverick he has also starred in The Outsiders and The Color of Money, the movie also stars Rebecca Ferguson who has been in The Vatican and Dune~2020.
The movie is directed by long time Cruise colaborator Christopher McQuarrie who has previously directed Jack Reacher and The Way of the Gun.
Movie Synopsis
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most.
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Making its debut at the top of the North American box office is the long awaited sequel to James Cameron's 2009 movie Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water.
Highest new movie this weekend
Its been a long road to the sequel of the highest grossing movie of all time but this weekend director James Cameron finally delivers his 3 hour movie and it, as expected, hits the ground running.
The movie takes $134 Million on its debut weekend, it takes 88% of the total top 15 this weekend and it the 6th highest grossing movie in the month of December in America.
Compared to the original Avatar this movie is considerably higher than the 2009 opening weekend of $77 Million, even when adjusted for inflation.
Avatar was a slow burner at the box office, and this sequel is getting positive word of mouth, so the road ahead into 2023 looks good.
The David Harbour directed movie which is Santa Claud crossed with Home Alone with violent results remains at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $5 Million, a 36% drop over last weekend.
THis gives the movie a total US gross of $34.9 Million over 3 weeks of release, which comparing to Krampus from 2015, that movie had taken $35.1 Million 3 weeks into its run.
Dropping to number 3 this weekend after 5 weeks at the top is the sequel movie to the 2018 film Black Panther which takes $5.4 Million, a 52% over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $418.9 Million after 6 weeks of release, lower than the first movie but still a good gross for 2022.
The movie is now the second highest grossing movie of the year behind Top Gun Maverick, how long it will star there with Avatar: The Way of Water coming up the charts fast remains to be seen.
Despite Disney pulling their latest animated feature from cinemas far earlier than expected the movie only drops to number 4 this weekend with $2.2 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.
THe movie has now taken $33.7 Million after 4 weeks of release, considerably lower than the 2021 Encanto which was at $81.4 Million 4 weeks into its run.
Dropping to 5 on its 5th weekend is the Ralph Finnes fine dining movie which takes $1.7 Million over the weekend, a 39% drop over last week.
The movie has taken a reasonable $32.1 Million in total over its 5 weeks of release.
Disney take the top two spots at the US box office this weekend although with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever staying at the top it means the new animated tale Strange World limps into second place.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery makes an impressive debut at 3 on limited release while Devotion is new at 4.
Remaining at the top for a third weekend is the Marvel movie sequel to Black Panther which takes $45.9 Million over the post Thanksgiving weekend, a small drop of 32% over last weekend.
The movie is tracking behind the original but this weekend pushes its total gross to $367 Million, quite a way behind the $500 Million of Black Panther three weeks into its run.
The movie will hence most likely finish below that of the original which took over $700 Million at the North American box office.
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The new Disney animated movie falls below expectation at the US box office during a time of big change at Disney with the old CEO Bob Chapeck being replaced by former CEO Bob Iger!
The movie lands on the North American box office at number 2 with a Thanksgiving post weekend gross of $18.6 Million.
In comparison the previous Disney animated movie (not Pixar) was Encanto from the same time last year and that grossed over $27 Million on its debut, and box office takings were still low due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netflix release their much anticipated sequel movie in limited cinemas for a limited run and the movie lands very nicely at number 3 on the box office this weekend.
The movie takes $13.2 Million on its debut weekend, comparing to the original Knives Out is not a fair comparison as that movie got a full theatrical release but released in 2019 it took $26.7 Million on its debut, and with this getting good reviews you can imagine what it would have achieved with a full theatrical release!
A poor set of reviews given to this, dare I say poor mans Top Gun Maverick as it lands at number 4 on the box office this weekend.
The movie takes $9 Million on its debut with a swift drop down the box office bound to follow!
Falling to number 5 this weekend after its debut at 2 is the Ralph Finnes and Anya Taylor-Joy starring movie which takes $5.2 Million this weekend, a 42$ drop.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of $18.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.