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With the US box office still suffering from closures from the stay-at-home orders in place across much of America Wonder Woman 1984 stays at the top again despite a big drop from the previous weekend.

There are no new releases on the chart as nearly everything at the moment is going to VOD and big new blockbusters have been push to at least the second quarter of the year although Jurassic World from 2015 makes a re-entry at 13.

In a rare movie, altohugh not surprising, the top 5 this weekend is in the exact same positions as last weekend.

US box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Wonder Woman 1984 (3rd Weekend)
• Highest debut - Jurassic World (re-entry at 13)
• Longest run - The War With Grandpa (14 weeks)^*
• Highest total gross - The War With Grandpa ($19,056,873)^*
^*Not including rereleases

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movies in the US 8th - 10th January 2021.

Wonder Woman 1984

The DC Universe sequel movie spends another weekend at the top of the US chart with a gross of $3 Million which is 45% down from the previous weekend.

The movie now has a total gross of $32.6 Million after 3 weeks of release, it is the top grossing movie so far in 2021 and the third highest grossing movie since the pandemic started.

The Croods: A New Age

The animated sequel spends another weekend at number 2 on the box office with a weekend gross of $1.8 Million, 17% down week on week.

The movie has taken $36.8 Million after 7 weeks of release is the second top movie of 2021 and the second highest grossing movie since the pandemic closed many cinemas.

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Staying again at number 3 is the Tom Hanks Oscar worthy movie which takes $1.2 Million over the weekend a 27% drop, giving the movie a 3 week total of $7.09 Million.

Monster Hunter~2020

Remaining at 4 is the Paul W.S. Anderson directed movie which takes $1.1 Million over the weekend, 12% down from last weekend, giving the movie a $7.8 Million 4 week gross.

Fatale

Finishing of the top 5 is the Deon Taylor directed drama which take $656,606, only a 6% drop from last weekend, the movie has now taken $3.9 Million over 4 weeks.

With no big new releases on the US box office over the new year the top movie jiggle around a bit but there is nothing of note.

The highest new movie is at number 13 in the shape of Shadow In The Cloud, directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloë Grace Moretz which debuts with a gross of $40,000.

US box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Wonder Woman 1984 (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Shadow In The Cloud (@13)
• Longest run - The War With Grandpa (13 Weeks)
• Highest total gross - The War With Grandpa ($18,668,705)

Here is the top 5 US box office breakdown 1st - 3rd January 2021

Wonder Woman 1984

Warner Bros. released the superhero movie on HBO Max day and date with theatres, and with cinemas in America still largely closed the Wonder Woman sequel has not done too bad staying at the top with a weekend gross of $5.5 Million, although it is 67% down from last week.

The Patty Jenkins directed movie now has a total gross in the US of $28.5 Million and is the third highest grossing movie during the global pandemic.

The Croods: A New Age

The second highest grossing movie of the pandemic era with a weekend gross of $2.1 Million, an increase of 21% from last weekend hence the climb to number 2.

The Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds starring movie has now taken $34.5 Million after 6 weeks of release.

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The Tom Hanks starring Oscar buzz movie falls to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at 2 with a gross of $1.7 Million, 30% drop from last week.

The movie has now taken $5.4 Million in America after 2 weeks of release.

Monster Hunter~2020

Director Paul W.S. Anderson new video game movie stays put at number 4 this week with $700,000, 6% up from last week to boost its total cume to $3 Million after 3 weeks.

Fatale

Hilary Swank's latest movie jumps a place from last week with $660,000, a fall of 3% giving the movie a $1.8 Million 2 week total.

It's the last chart of 2020 and after many delays this year Wonder Woman 1984 makes its debut in cinemas and tops the US box office.

Also making high debuts over the festive holiday are Tom Hanks in News Of The World and Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman, both films are getting Oscar attention.

Further down the box office a new live action Pinocchio (not Disney) enters at 7.

US box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Wonder Woman 1984 (1st Week)
• Highest debut - Wonder Woman 1984 (@1)
• Longest run - The War With Grandpa (12 weeks)^*
• Highest total gross - The War With Grandpa ($18,389,880)^*
^*Not including re-releases

This weeks top 5 US box office breakdown 25th - 27th December 2020.

Wonder Woman 1984

After being delayed a number of times due to cinema closures forced on by the COVID-19 pandemic the Wonder Woman sequel directed by Patty Jenkins finally got a release in cinemas on Christmas day, it also got a release on HBO Max the same day.

With this in mind the movie has turned into a success and with a total opening weekend of $16.7 Million it is the bigest opening since cinemas closed.

The future then looks good for the superhero movie, and with only 10% of US homes having HBO Max for many it might be the only way to watch the film.

News Of The World

Tom Hanks stars in the new movie from director Paul Greengrass which this week makes its debut at number 2 with $2.4 Million.

Unlike the Wonder Woman movie it is only available to see in cinemas and most like will be for the next few weeks.

The Croods: A New Age

The animated sequel falls to number 2 this week with a weekend gross of $1.7 Million, 14% down from last week.

This puts the movies total gross at $30 Million after 5 weeks of release and is the second best movie during the pandemic.

Monster Hunter~2020

After making its debut at the top of the box office last weekend the Paul W.S. Anderson directed movie fallt hard to number 4 this weekend with $1.12 Million, 49% down from last week.

The movie has taken $4.21 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Promising Young Woman

Finally on the top 5 is director Emerald Fennell new movie which stars Carey Mulligan in what is being touted as an Oscar worthy performance.

The film took $680,000 on its debut week of release and entered at number 5.

A new trailer and poster has been released by Universal for upcoming movie News Of The World due for release in the UK on 1st January 2021 and in the US on Christmas day.

You can check out the new poster which features the stars, Tom Hanks and his young co-star Helena Zengel on the right.

The movie is directed by Paul Greengrass who worked with star Tom Hanks on 2016's Captain Phillips