US release: 3rd May 2019
£614.2 Thousand
$19.6 Million
$23.6 MillionLast week saw The Lion King at the top of the UK box office, can any of this weeks new releases do enough to top the chart this weekend?
First up at cinemas this week is Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood, a Comedy directed by Quentin Tarantino who also directed Kill Bill Volume 1 in 2003 which grossed £11.5 Million.
It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who last starred in Before The Flood (2016) and Brad Pitt who last appeared in Deadpool 2 (2018).
Next on the new release schedule is Dora And The Lost City Of Gold, this new Family stars Isabela Moner and Eugenio Derbez.
The film is brought to us by 4 time director James Bobin.
Next up this week is Good Boys which is directed by Gene Stupnitsky and is a directorial debut.
It stars Jacob Tremblay and Keith L. Williams.
Also this week there is Uglydolls from director Kelly Asbury who also directed Gnomeo And Juliet in 2011.
The film features Pitbull and Ice-T in starring roles.
-Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Come back next week when there are 3 new releases hitting cinemas. -
As expected with such a massive debut weekend Avengers: Endgame remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend with thriller The Intruder entering the chart at number 2.
Taking a mammoth $145.8 million on its second weekend of release the Marvel film continues to reign above all else in its path, the films US gross is now $619.7 million and the 8th top grossing film ever.
The drop from last week record breaking openieng was significant but similar to other films on its genre and the films posted the second highest second weekend gross after Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
THe film has a fight on its hands to beat the Star Wars movie but its possible, it will definitely become at least the second highest grossing film in the US ever.
This thriller starring Meagan Good and Dennis Quaid enters the box office at number 2 on its debut weekend taking $11 million dollars.
It had no chance agains the might of The Avengers but has dome well to be the highest new film of the week against stiff competition.
The political comedy starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen enters the box office at number 3 this week with a debut gross of $10 million.
Perhaps a little disappointing really as the film would have been a good bet to be the biggest new film of the week but audiences perhaps preferring a good thrill instead.
Animated comedies always do well at the box office and this is no exception as it enters at number 4 with a weekend gross of $8.5 million.
The Avengers studio mate falls from 2 to number 5 this week in the aftermath of Endgames record breaking weekend which saw a boost in this films takings.
The films takings this week are $4.3 million boosting its total gross to $420.7 million, the film is the 23rd highest grossing film ever in the US.
The film does take the honor of longest run on the US box office this week with 9 weeks of release, and still in the top 5, not bad!
Avengers: Endgame continue its path of world domination, breaking box office records this weekend while it stops all other movies from getting to number 1.
Long Shot is the top new movie of the weekend entering the chart at 2 while there are 4 other new films on the top 10.
The Marvel film remains at the top of the global box office for a second weekend and in the process becomes the fastest film to break the $2 Billion milestone.
Only 4 other films have broken this mark, Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame did it in 11 days!
The films weekend take is $428 million from 56 countries with a $2.2 Billion total gross, according to Gitesh Pandya from boxofficeguru.com (an excellent website) the film will pass Avatar's $2.7 Billion gross on or around May 20th on its way to a possible $3 Billion gross.
Incredibly the film is already the second highest grossing film of all time having just over taken Titanic.
Seth Rogan and Charlize Theron star in this romantic political comedy which is directed by Jonathan Levine.
The film lands at number 2 on its debut weekend of release with a gross of $13.3 million from 23 countries.
This dramatic true story directed by Nadine Labaki enters the global box office at number 3 this week with a gross of $13.1 million from 17 countries.
Another new entry at number 4 this week is this thriller starring Meagan Good and Dennis Quaid which takes $11 million over the weekend from a single country release.
Finally on the top 5 is this animated comedy which takes $9.4 million for 9 counties on its debut weekend.