An almighty battle took place at the US box office this week, both films aiming to knock Avengers Age of Ultron from the top, and it was an aca-mazing win in the end.

Pitch Perfect 2 beat Mad Max Fury Road in quite convincing fashion with a weekend gross of over $70 million dollars.

This already puts the the sequel ahead of the previous film which was a slow burner and took $65 million back in 2012.

Age of Ultron slips into 3rd place on its third week on the box office having taken an American gross of $372 million.

Other new film on the US charts are: As already mentioned Mad Max Fury Road land at 2 this week with $44 million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

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