John Krasinski directs with Ryan Reynolds starring in the new movie IF~2024 which tops the US box office on its debut weekend of release with a gross of $33.7 Million.
Compared to the directors last movie A Quiet Place: Part II this is quite a bit lower as that movie took $48.3 Million on its debut weekend in May of 2021.
Last weekends top movie Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes falls to number 2 this weekend and has taken just over $100 Million in 2 weeks.
Also new on this weekends top 5 is The Strangers: Chapter 1 which lands at number 3 with $11.8 Million.
It was a tight contest this weekend for the top of the box office with IF~2024 taking over at the top of the UK box office by about £300,000.
The Ryan Reynolds starring movie took over at the top of the box office with a debut gross of £2.4 Million.
The last movie directed by John Krasinski A Quiet Place Part II made its debut at the top with £3.4 Million in June 2021.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes falls to number 2 this weekend but it put up a fight to keep the crown and only just lost out.
The movie has taken a very good £7.6 Million to date.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 also makes its debut on the UK box office top 5 at number 4 with £452,506.
The UK box office top 15 took a little more than last weekend which was a big low but the numbers a still no where near past movie summer seasons which is a worrying sign for the cinema industry.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes continues the summer box office season as it tops the North American box office on its debut weekend.
The movie takes $58.4 Million on its debut weekend which is in the same ballpark but a little higher than the $56 Million of the last movie in the series War For the Planet of the Apes.
The Fall Guy falls from the top to number 2 this weekend with a 51% drop giving the movie a total US gross of nearly $50 Million.
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As the box office summer season moves into the next gear sequel movie Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes gets its UK release and top the UK box office.
The movie takes £3.8 Million on its debut, which in recent times is not a terrible opening weekend but it is half that of War For the Planet of the Apes £7.1 Million from 7 years ago.
Last weeks top movie The Fall Guy takes a hard tumble from the top this week with a weekend gross of £948,970, a 74% drop from last week.
Only 1 movie this weekend took over a million, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and with a total 15 combines gross of £6.3 Million this of the lowest box office total since December 6th 2022 when Matilda The Musical spent its 3rd weekend at the top.
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The Fall Guy tops the North American box office in its debut weekend with a gross of gross of $27.7 Million which marks the start of the box office summer season.
Making a very impressive return to the box office at number 2 this weekend is the 25th Anniversary re-release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The movie takes $8.7 Million on its new debut this weekend, not bad for a movie panned by critics and fans alike on its release in 1999.
Challengers this weekend falls from its debut position at the top of the chart to number 3 this weekend with a $29.4 Million total gross.
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