US release: 17th December 2021
Azerbaijan release: 15th December 2021
Colombia release: 15th December 2021
£97.3 Million 
$814.9 Million 
$1.9 Billion As the big new movies dry up the box office sees a load of older movies rebounding on the box office which includes the movie of the year Top Gun: Maverick going back to the top of its 15th weekend of release.
Spider-Man: No Way Home gets a re-release and is the top new movie of the weekend, despite it being a re-release, and lands at number 3 while Jaws enters the box office with a weekend gross of $2.6 Million.
The top movie of the weekend which has never been released before is Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul which makes its debut at number 14 with $1.4 Million.
Climbing back to the top of the US box office as the summer comes to a close is the top movie of the season which takes $6 Million, a 21% increase over last weekend.
Interestingly the is the same behaviour as the form Top Gun movie, which in the summer of 1986 hot the top on its release and then spent another week at the summit as the season came to a close.
The sequel movie has now taken an amazing $699 Million and it is the top movie of 2022, and by next weekend is should have overtaken Black Panther and enter the top 5 North American movies of all time.
The Brad Pitt starring fast train movie stays at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $5.7 Million, a small 2% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross in North America of $86.2 Million after 5 weeks of release.
Although only released last December the last Spider-Man movie has been given a re-release with 20 minutes or so extra footage which takes $5.3 Million over the weekend.
This is the 24th weekend it has spent on the chart and it pushes the movies total gross to $811.6 Million.
THe movie is the 7th top movie of 2022 and is also the 3rd top movie of all time in North America.
The animated feature from the DC superhero universe goes back into the top 5 at number 4 with a weekend gross of $5 Million, an 18% increase.
The movie has taken a total of $80 Million in North America after 6 weeks of release.
Falling from the top where it made its debut last weekend is the horror movie from director Jessica M. Thompson which takes $4.8 Million on its second weekend of release, a 29% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $13 Million.
In a fascinating weekend for the UK box office a 10 week old movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru goes back to the top, a 15 week old movie, Top Gun: Maverick goes back into the top 5 and a 2021 movie and one of the top grossing movies in the UK is the top new release, Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Adding to this the second highest new movie is E.T. The Extra Terrestrial celebrating its 40th anniversary, yes 40 years since the release of the once global highest grossing movie of all time!
Less impressive this weekend is the debut releases for Three Thousand Years of Longing which is new at 10 with £307,176, Fall~2022 new at 13 with £220,270 and The Forgiven~2021 new at 15 with £182,772.
Going back to the top of the UK box office, once again, is the sequel movie to Minions which 5 weeks after it was last at the top, and 10 weeks after it was first at the top it takes £1.06 Million to return to the top, a 46% jump over last weekend.
With no high profile new releases now in the last couple of weeks, and the end of the school summer holidays, and the bargain price of £3 per ticket on Saturday this is perhaps not too much of a surprise.
The movie has now taken £44 Million in the UK and is the second top movie of 2022, it is also the 61st top movie of all time.
Interestingly the movie is behind the first Minions movie but it has been consistently about £1 Million behind.
Also doing well at the end of the school summer holidays and jumping back up to number 2 this weekend is the animated movie based on DC superhero pets which takes £1 Million on its 6th weekend, which is 41% up from last weekend.
The movie has taken a total of £14 Million in the UK over its 6 weeks of release.
The movie which simply wont go away is the top movie of 2022 in the UK which this weekend takes £600,258, a modest 7% increase over last weekend.
The movie has now taken a total of £81.6 Million over its 15 weeks of release and is the 9th top movie of all time in the UK.
The only film this weekend on the top 5 this drops week on week is the Brad Pitt fast train heist movie which takes £554,100 on its 5th weekend of release, a 7% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £9.2 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Getting a re-release to celebrate National Cinema Day is the 2021 Spider-Man release from Marvel and Sony with a little help Disney.
The movie takes a quite incredible £469,309 on its return to the box office, incredible because the movie is the 4th biggest movie of all time in the UK and it was only in cinemas earlier this year, and although there is 20 minites extra footage it does not change the story and makes it a 3 hour movie!
Still the movie has now spent 16 weeks on the chart and taken an amazing £96.9 Million, it is also the 8th top movie of 2022.
Remaining at the top for a second weekend is the hit movie The Batman which despite a 50% drop this week still far out grosses the rest of the box office.
Top new movie of the weekend is the South Korean pop group with their latest concert movie BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing which is new at number 3.
Also new on the top 10 this weekend is Indian movie Radhe Shyam which makes its debut at number 7 with $1.8 Million.
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US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 11th - 13th March 2022
A good second weekend for the DC Universe movie which remains at the top of the US box office with a 20% drop over last weekend to $66.5 Million taking its total gross to $239 Million.
This kind of drop is fairly common for a movie with such a front loaded fan base who rush out on the first weekend, although the movie still takes 65% of this weekends total box office top 15.
The film does take the honor this weekend over overtaking Spider-Man: No Way Home as the top grossing movie of 2022.
Another weekend at number 2 this week for the Tom Holland starring movie which takes $9.2 Million on its 4th weekend of release, an incredibly low 17% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken $113.3 Million in the US and is the 3rd top movie of 2022, and could overtake the other Tom Holland movie Spider-Man: No Way Home before it finished its run.
Highest new movie this weekend is the single day performance from the hottest band around, BTS take their broadcast of their latest concert into the top 5 at number 3.
The event movie takes $6.8 Million which is an incredible feat considering it was only available for a single day broadcast, and incredibly it is the 18th top movie if 2022.
The movie far out did the bands previous event Love Yourself In Seoul: BTS World Tour 2019 which took just $3.5 Million in 2018.
The Channing Tatum sleeper hit falls to number 3 this weekend with $5.2 Million in its 4th week of release, a very low 15% drop.
The movie has now taken $47.6 Million on the US box office and is the 7th top movie of 2022.
The Marvel/Sony MCU movie has now been on the box office chart for 13 weeks and this weekend takes $4 Million, a very low 10% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an incredible $792.2 Million in the US over its 13 weeks and has been on the top 5 for all of that.
The film is now the 2nd top movie of 2022 having been overtaken by The Batman this weekend, but it is the 3rd top movie of all time, and is less than $100 Million away from Avengers: Endgame which is at number 2.
Spending a second weekend at the top is The Batman on its second weekend of release, with the highest new movie at number 2 as the concert movie BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing makes its debut.
Also new this weekend is the Disney/Pixar movie Turning Red which despite getting a Disney+ release in many countries gets a cinema release in 12 territories which gives it a debut at 9 with $3.8 Million.
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World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 11th - 13th March 2022
Second weekend for the Matt Reeves directed vision of the Batman which takes $132.6 Million from a huge 76 countries, a fairly good 49% drop over its debut.
The movie is heading to be the top movie of 2022 but is currently at number 4 with $463.2 Million global total, the current top movie of 2022 is The Battle At Lake Changjin II with $625.9 Million.
The opening of the current movie has been one of the best over the pandemic and is setting the bar for the big blockbusters to come later this year.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the cinema event concert movie for super group BTS from South Korea which enters at number 2 with $32.6 Million from 75 countries.
The super group are no stranger to the box office having last had a concert in cinemas in 2018 with Love Yourself In Seoul: BTS World Tour 2019 which grossed $10 Million globally.
The Tom Holland starring video game adaptation is starting is decent down the box office now as its takes $20.4 Million on its 5th weekend of release from 65 countries, a small 28% drop over last weekend.
This gives it a $301.2 Million total global gross making it the 5th top movie of 2022.
The other Tom Holland movie still on the box office this week, dropping to number 4 is the Sony/Marvel global smash which this weekend takes $6.4 Million from 60 countries, a small 23% drop.
Incredibly the movie has been on the box office for 13 weeks and is starting to appear on digital streaming, including Disney+, over this week, the movie has taken $1.8 Billion globally and although was released in 2021 is the 2nd top movie of 2022.
The Channing Tatum starring movie drop to number 5 this weekend with $6 Million from 20 countries, which is an amazing 11% drop on its 4th weekend of release, the movie has a global gross of $55.3 Million.
It was a massive weekend for Warner Bros. studios and DC comics as The Batman makes its debut at the top of the US box office having the biggest opening weekend since Spider-Man: No Way Home in December last year.
Also having a debut weekend at number 9 is Gangubai Kathiawadi which takes $592,000 this weekend.
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US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 4th - 6th March 2022
The DC Movie Universe has had a difficult time at cinemas and after trying to succeed in the same way Marvel's universe has simply didn't work for the Warner Bros. franchise, but the individual character movies does seem to work.
This of course isn't by a long shot the first time Batman has been portrayed, this this is the darkest version we have had so from director Matt Reeves.
The movie stars Robert Pattinson as the title character and the movie takes a fantastic $134 Million on its debut.
The movie is already the second highest grossing movie of 2022 and by next weekend will most likely be the top movie of the year.
Falling to number 2 this weekend is the Tom Holland starring video game adaptation which takes $11 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a large 53% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now chalked off one milestone as its total US gross now sits at $100 Million, and it is the 3rd top movie of 2022.
The Channing Tatum starring vehicle falls to number 3 this weekend with $6 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 40% drop, which brings its total gross to $40 Million.
Falling a single place this week after 12 weeks on the box office, the Marvel/Sony movie takes $4.4 Million, a small 23$ drop considering how long the movie has been released now!
This gives the movie a total gross of $786 Million, $172.8 Million of it taken in 2022 making it the top movie of the year so far, it is also the 3rd to movie ever in the US.
Finishing off the top 5 is the Kenneth Branagh movie which falls to number 5 with $2.7 Million on its 4th weekend, a 39% drop, giving it a total of $37 Million.