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

Ryan Reynolds remains at the top and keeps his wife's new movie It Ends With Us to make its debut at number 2.

Deadpool & Wolverine spends its third weekend at the top with a weekend gross of $53 Million which pushes the movies total gross to an excellent $254.5 Million over its 3 week run.

It Ends With Us enters the chart at number 2 with a $15 Million gross making it a husband and wife double at the top.

Inside Out 2 has now taken $636 Million over 9 weeks of release.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th August 2024

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $53,774,969 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $493,931,351 after 3 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 $254,506,035 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
It grosses $50,016,652 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $50,016,652 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $15,001,575 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $222,273,155 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Twister which took $168,873,442 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $8,601,572 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,983,035 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $330,114,740 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took $240,920,645 at the box office after 6 weekends of release.

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 9th August 2024, there are 7 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Deadpool & Wolverine from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Borderlands
• Pilot
• War Game
• Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
• Cuckoo
• It Ends With Us
• Girl You Know Its True

Borderlands

• The movie is directed by Eli Roth, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Eli Roth also directed Thanksgiving in 2023.
• It stars Cate Blanchett who also starred in Carol (2015).
• The film also stars Kevin Hart who's last movie was Lift (2024).
• Eli Roth directed Cate Blanchett in The House With a Clock In Its Walls
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Pilot

• The movie is from director Kim Han Gyul.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Derek Chouinard who also starred in Ashfall (2019).
• The film also stars Lee Joo-myung who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

War Game

• The movie is directed by Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss also directed Full Battle Rattle in 2008.
• It stars Steve Bullock who also starred in War Game (2024).
• The film also stars Wesley Clark who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

• The movie is directed by Soi Cheang, it is the directors 21st movie.
• Soi Cheang also directed The Death Curse in 2003.
• It stars Louis Koo who also starred in Kung-Fu Monster (2018).
• The film also stars Sammo Kam-Bo Hung who's last movie was Man On the Edge (2022).
• Louis Koo and Sammo Kam-Bo Hung have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Call of Heroes in 2016 and Zu Warriors in 2001.
• Soi Cheang directed Louis Koo in Kill Zone 2
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Cuckoo

• The movie is directed by Tilman Singer, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Tilman Singer also directed Luz in 2019.
• It stars Hunter Schafer who also starred in Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess (2021).
• The film also stars Jan Bluthardt who's last movie was Luz (2019).
• Tilman Singer directed Jan Bluthardt in Luz
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

It Ends With Us

• The movie is directed by Justin Baldoni, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Justin Baldoni also directed Five Feet Apart in 2019 which grossed $45.7 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Blake Lively who also starred in All I See Is You (2017).
• The film also stars Justin Baldoni who's last movie was Con Man (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Girl You Know Its True

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 170th movie.
• also directed 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films Documentary in 2023.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• Jackpot! - Thursday, 15th August - streaming
• Skincare - Friday, 16th August
• The Union - Friday, 16th August - streaming
• Alien: Romulus - Friday, 16th August
• The Deliverance - Friday, 16th August - limited release
• Didi - Friday, 26th July

Remaining at the top of the North American box office is Deadpool & Wolverine which takes nearly $100 Million over the weekend to push its total to an amazing $395 Million.

The movie has probably already become the highest grossing R rated movie ever in the US taking over the 20 year record of The Passion of The Christ from 2004.

Director M. Night Shyamalan brings his new movie to the box office this week and Trap is the top new movie at number 3 with nearly $15.5 Million.

Inside Out 2 is still the top grossing movie on the box office with a total gross of $626 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th August 2024

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $96,809,328 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $395,385,247 after 2 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 $208,170,395 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $22,804,640 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $195,740,290 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Twister which took $136,647,882 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $15,454,146 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $15,454,146 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $11,453,150 over the weekend, a 21% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $314,173,320 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took $230,292,465 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,811,618 over the weekend, a 21% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $626,973,864 after 8 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is the 14th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Inside Out which took $335,390,545 at the box office after 8 weekends of release.

Last weekend Deadpool & Wolverine was at the top of the UK box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Didi
• Kensuke's Kingdom
• Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Harold and the Purple Crayon

• The movie is directed by Carlos Saldanha, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Carlos Saldanha also directed Ice Age in 2002 which grossed £14.9 Mil. in the UK and grossed $383.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Zachary Levi who also starred in An American Carol (2008).
• The film also stars Zooey Deschanel who's last movie was Trolls Band Together (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Didi

• The movie is directed by Sean Wang, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sean Wang also directed 2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films Documentary in 2024.
• It stars Izaac Wang who also starred in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
• The film also stars Joan Chen who's last movie was Under the Light (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Kensuke's Kingdom

• The movie is from director Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Cillian Murphy who also starred in Hippie Hippie Shake (2010).
• The film also stars Sally Hawkins who's last movie was Wonka (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

• The movie is directed by Liza Johnson, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Liza Johnson also directed Hateship Loveship in 2013 and grossed $83K globally.
• It stars Carolyn Lawrence who also starred in The Wild (2006).
• The film also stars Tom Kenny who's last movie was Dicks: The Musical (2023).
• Carolyn Lawrence and Tom Kenny have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie in 2004, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run in 2020, Doraemon The Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend in 2008 and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 2015.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 3 new movies released

• Borderlands - Friday, 9th August
• It Ends With Us - Friday, 9th August
• Trap - Friday, 9th August