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US release: 9th January 2026No studio was going to go up against the mite of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and so we get a week where there are no new movies in the top 5 and the Nintendo animated movie spends a second weekend at the top.
Disney's sequel movie Mufasa: The Lion King jumps up a single place to the top of the North American box office this weekend to kick of 2025 in style.
The movie takes $23.8 Million over the weekend which pushes the movies total North American gross to $168.6 Million.
Despite the new year boost for the movie its a far cry from the original The Lion King~2019's $430.8 Million at this point in its run.
After 2 weeks at the top Sonic the Hedgehog 3 gives up the top spot, it was a close run though as the Sonic the Hedgehog threequel took $21.2 Million over the weekend which gives it a $187.5 Million total.
There were no new movies enter the top 5 or top 10 this weekend, the highest entry was the re-release of Seven from 1996 which the top new movie was The Damned~2024 at number 13!
There were no new movies this week in the UK on home video or streaming meaning Spider-Man: No Way Home remained at the top again giving it a 2 weeks stint.
The movie is still in cinemas around the UK, now on its 15th weekend, so that makes it even movie impressive.
Biggest news on the top 10 in Nightmare Alley jumping into the top 10 after is made its debut last week at number 16.
The top new movie of the week is at number 19 as The Electrical Life of Louis Wain makes its video debut.
UK Home Film Chart 30 March 2022 - 05 April 2022Remaining at the top of the global box office this weekend is the Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg starring video game adaptation Uncharted.
There are no new releases on the box office this weekend as the world waits for the release of The Batman this coming weekend.
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Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 25th - 27th February 2022
Remaining at the top of the global box office for a second weekend is the video game adaptation directed by Ruben Fleischer which takes $58.2 Million on its third weekend of release from 65 countries.
The movie drops 41% on its week on week take but the movies total global gross is now $226.3 Million which makes it the 4th top grossing movie of 2022.
The Kenneth Branagh directed movie spends its third weekend on the box office and remains at number 2 with a gross of $15.1 Million from 48 countries, a 42% drop.
The thriller has now taken $101.2 Million globally and is the 9th top grossing movie of 2022.
The Marvel/Sony movie is having a bit of a resurgence globally as the smash hit climbs back up from number 6 to number 3 this weekend with $12.7 Million from 64 countries, a very slim 17% drop on its 11th weekend of release.
The movie has now taken an amazing $1.85 Billion globally and is the second top movie of 2022 and the 6th top movie of all time.
Jumping up a spot on its second weekend of release is the Channing Tatum starring movie which takes $12 Million from 19 countries, a 26% drop over last weekend.
The movie now has a global total of $35.1 Million after 2 weeks of release.
The smash hit Chinese sequel is released in 5 countries and this weekend takes $10.9 Million, a 44% drop over last weekend, but the movie has taken $601.9 Million globally and is the top movie of 2022.
No new entries on the US box office this weekend gave Spider-Man: No Way Home a third week at the top while animated sequel Sing 2 stayed put at number 2.
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A very quiet weekend for new movies as the new year rolls around giving the Marvel/Sony movie a third weekend at the top of the US box office with a gross of $52.7 Million, a slim 35% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now been at the top for 3 weeks and has taken a massive $609.8 Million in North America, and it is by far the top movie of 2021, and currently the top movie of 2022.
The movie has also broken into the top 10 movies of all time in North America at number 10.
Animated sequel to Sing hold firm at number 2 with a second weekend take of $19.6 Million, a very slim 18% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $89.6 Million in North America on its way to breaking the $100 Million milestone by next weekend.
Director Matthew Vaughn's prequel movie has had a strange release window and after making its debut at 4 last weekend jumps up to 3 this week with $4.5 Million, 29% down from last weekend.
The movie has taken $19.5 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Another movie on the way up at the sports based drama takes $4.07 Million as it jumps to number 4 this week from its debut position of 5, a 34% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken $15 Million after 2 weekends of release.
Despite the fact that the fourth in The Matrix series got a simultaneous release on HBO Max and cinemas the movie looks destined to be a flop at the box office as the movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $3.82 Million, a large 68% drop over last week.
The film is competing with a similar market to the top movie at the movie Spider-Man: No Way Home which is potentially taking some of its audience, but after two weeks the much anticipated and hyped movie has taken just $30.9 Million.