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.