As the world awaits the new Avatar movie released this coming Friday Black panther: Wakanda Forever spends a 5th weekend at the top of the North American box office as the top 5 stays the same as last weekend!
The highest new movie comes in at number 13 as the critically acclaimed The Whale~2022 takes $360,000 on limited release and The Mean One at 15 with $188,523.
5 weeks in for the Black Panther sequel and another weekend at the top of the North American box office as the movie takes $11 Million, a small 37% drop.
This pushes the total gross up to $409.8 Million over its 5 weeks of release which makes it the 3rd top movie of 2022.
The first movie took $26.6 Million on its fifth weekend for a total of $605 Million.
The bloodfest that is Santa Claus meets Home Alone remains in the runner up spot for a second weekend with $8.6 Million, a 35% drop.
This gives the movie a $26.6 Million total after 2 weekends of release which comparing it Krampus from 2015 which had taken $28.5 Million after 2 weeks its very close.
Disney's latest animated tale remains at 3 this weekend with $3.6 Million, a reasonable 29% drop over last weekend.
A $30.4 Million total after 4 weeks of release is causing Disney to put the animated feature on Disney+ sooner rather than later and will be removing from cinemas in the coming weeks.
Comparing it to last years Encanto it way lower than the $71 Million that movie took after 3 weeks.
The fine dining movie from director Mark Mylod is at 4 again this weekend with $2.7 Million, a 22% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $29 Million over its 4 weeks of release.
The flying based movie starring Jonathan Majors is at 5 this weekend with $1.99 Million, a low 27% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total of $16.9 Million after 3 weeks of release.
This weekend at the US box office Black Panther: Wankanda Forever remained on top for another week while the top new movie was the Christmas themed Violent Night at 2.
Lower down the box office I Heard the Bells was new at 6 with $1.8 Million and HIT: The 2nd Case is new at 12 with $600,000.
New at 13 this weekend is The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie with $502,000 and finally Top Gun: Maverick is back in cinemas and takes $700,000 over the weekend to push its US gross to $717.3 Million.
Spending a 4th weekend at the top of the North American box office is the sequel Marvel movie which takes $17.5 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.
This gives the Black Panther sequel a total US gross of $393.7 Million and is now the 3rd top movie of 2022 in North America having just taken Jurassic World: Dominion.
The movie is well below Black Panther which by this point in its box office run had taken over $500 Million but it only has just over $17 Million to go before beating Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness to be the top Marvel movie, and superhero movie, of 2022.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new entry of the weekend goes to the Christmas themed movie about a bad ass Santa who saves a family being held for ransom in their house.
The movie directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring David Harbour lands at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $13.3 Million.
Not bad for a Christmas horror based movie, in comparison Krampus from 2015 landed at the same time of year with a debut gross of $16.2 Million.
Disney's latest animated movie is struggling on the box office and this week falls to number 3 with $4.9 Million, a large 74% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken just $25 Million on its 2 week run at the box office, Encanto released the same time of year in 2021 had taken $57.9 Million 2 weeks into its run.
Jumping back up the chart to number 4 this week is the Ralph Fiennes starring fine dining movie which takes $3.5 Million, a modest 35% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total North American box office total of $24.7 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Finally on this weeks to 5 is the J.D. Dillard directed flying movie which drops to number 5 with $2.7 Million, a 69% drop over last week.
The movie has taken $13.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Disney take the top two spots at the US box office this weekend although with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever staying at the top it means the new animated tale Strange World limps into second place.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery makes an impressive debut at 3 on limited release while Devotion is new at 4.
Remaining at the top for a third weekend is the Marvel movie sequel to Black Panther which takes $45.9 Million over the post Thanksgiving weekend, a small drop of 32% over last weekend.
The movie is tracking behind the original but this weekend pushes its total gross to $367 Million, quite a way behind the $500 Million of Black Panther three weeks into its run.
The movie will hence most likely finish below that of the original which took over $700 Million at the North American box office.
Highest new movie this weekend
The new Disney animated movie falls below expectation at the US box office during a time of big change at Disney with the old CEO Bob Chapeck being replaced by former CEO Bob Iger!
The movie lands on the North American box office at number 2 with a Thanksgiving post weekend gross of $18.6 Million.
In comparison the previous Disney animated movie (not Pixar) was Encanto from the same time last year and that grossed over $27 Million on its debut, and box office takings were still low due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netflix release their much anticipated sequel movie in limited cinemas for a limited run and the movie lands very nicely at number 3 on the box office this weekend.
The movie takes $13.2 Million on its debut weekend, comparing to the original Knives Out is not a fair comparison as that movie got a full theatrical release but released in 2019 it took $26.7 Million on its debut, and with this getting good reviews you can imagine what it would have achieved with a full theatrical release!
A poor set of reviews given to this, dare I say poor mans Top Gun Maverick as it lands at number 4 on the box office this weekend.
The movie takes $9 Million on its debut with a swift drop down the box office bound to follow!
Falling to number 5 this weekend after its debut at 2 is the Ralph Finnes and Anya Taylor-Joy starring movie which takes $5.2 Million this weekend, a 42$ drop.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of $18.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.