This weekend at the North American box office Alien: Romulus makes its debut at the top with a $42 Million debut gross.

This is a good start to the new Alien franchise movie with the previous movie Alien: Covenant making its debut with a $36.1 Million gross.

Deadpool and Wolverine get knocked down to number 2 this weekend as the movie takes $30 Million on its 4th weekend and has a $546.8 Million total.

Inside Out 2 stays on the top 15 movies this week and has taken $642.4 Million to date.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th August 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $42,003,361 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $42,003,361 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Alien: Covenant which took $36,160,621 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $30,003,064 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $546,819,959 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took $279,164,058 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $23,807,130 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $97,591,827 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $10,000,340 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $238,639,655 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Twister which took $187,288,498 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,611,555 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $12,526,116 after 10 weekends of release

Reviving the Alien franchise director Fede Alvarez takes his new movie Alien: Romulus, set between Alien and Aliens to the top of the UK box office.

The movie lands at number 1 with a £3.7 Million gross, lower than the previous movie in the series by director Ridley Scott, Alien: Covenant which took £5.1 Million.

Dropping down to number 2 this weekend is It Ends With Us which takes £2.8 Million for a total gross of £11.3 Million.

Inside Out 2 continues to do well and remains at number 7 this weekend with a total gross of £55.5 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th August 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,834,201 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,384,454 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,393,213 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £48,418,795 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took £29,042,739 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,195,158 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £38,786,080 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took £39,340,830 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

After a successful advanced showing last week which would have put the film at the top those figures go a long way to make sure that bad Neighbours knocked The Amazing Spider-Man 2 off it's perch this week.

Starring Seth Rogan and Zac Efron Bad Neighbours had no trouble de-throning the web slinger with an £8.5 million debut.

Spider-Man 2 falls into second place with £1.3 million bringing it's total gross to £22 million after 4 weeks.

Also new this week are: - Sabotage - Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest - La Cenerentola - the latest from the Met Opera - Frank - The Wind Rises - Before The Winter Chill

Last year saw the much anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness enter at the top knocking Iron Man 3 into second place.

Five years ago saw JJ Abrahams first Star Trek film enter the box office at the top knocking X-Men Origins: Wolverine into 3rd place with Coraline entering at 2.

Ten years ago had Van Helsing debuting at the top meaning Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind fell to number 2.

Fifteen years ago had I Still Know What You Did Last Summer go to the top on it's first week leaving The Waterboy to have a single week at the top.