As Disney continue to milk their animated back catalogue its time for The Little Mermaid from the start of their "renaissance" period to get the live action remake.

The movie takes a reasonable $95.5 Million over the 3 day weekend and $117.5 Million over the 4 day memorial weekend which is considered the start of the summer season.

Fast X drops to second place after a single weekend at the top, but the movie never stood a chance against the might of a Disney movie.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is still hanging on to a top 5 place and after 8 weeks has taken $558 Million.

Mark Hamil stars in The Machine~2023 which is new at number 5 this weekend with $4.9 Million and the Robert De Niro comedy About My Father is one place below with $4.25 Million.

Also new this weekend is Kandahar at number 7 with $2.4 Million and You Hurt My Feelings at number 8 with $1.3 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th May 2023

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 has a total gross of $95,500,000 after 1 weekend of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $23,020,000 over the weekend, a 66% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $107,955,340 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Fast & Furious 9 which took $117,103,960 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $19,950,000 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $299,425,817 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $334,223,048 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,270,000 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $558,881,975 after 8 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 14th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $4,900,000 after 1 weekend of release

Last weekend Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 was at the top of the North American box office, there are 3 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Fast X
• Master Gardener
• Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

Fast X

• The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Louis Leterrier also directed Grimsby in 2016 which grossed $6.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $28 Mil. globally.
• It stars Vin Diesel who also starred in Knockaround Guys (2001).
• The film also stars Jordana Brewster who was last seen in Fast & Furious 9 (2021).
• Vin Diesel and Jordana Brewster have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fast & Furious 6 in 2013, Fast & Furious 9 in 2021, Fast & Furious in 2009, Fast Five in 2011, The Fast and the Furious in 2001 and Fast & Furious 7 in 2015.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Master Gardener

• The movie is directed by Paul Schrader, it is the directors 26th movie.
• Paul Schrader also directed Witch Hunt in 1994.
• It stars Joel Edgerton who also starred in The Hard Word (2002).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who was last seen in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
• They also appeared together in Exodus: Gods and Kings in 2014.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

• The movie is directed by Guillaume Canet, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Guillaume Canet also directed Blood Ties in 2014 which grossed $42.5K in the US and grossed $2.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Guillaume Canet who also starred in Rivals (2008).
• The film also stars Gilles Lellouche who was last seen in The Stronghold (2021).
• Guillaume Canet and Gilles Lellouche have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Rock'n Roll in 2017, Tell No One in 2006, Les Infideles in 2012, Narco: The Secret Adventures of Gustave Klopp in 2004, Whatever You Say in 2002 and The Players in 2012.
• Guillaume Canet directed Guillaume Canet in Rock'n Roll
• Guillaume Canet directed Gilles Lellouche in Rock'n Roll
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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

Next week there are 11 new movies released

• Victim Suspect - Tuesday, 23rd May
• Dark Nature - Tuesday, 23rd May
• Papaw Land - Tuesday, 23rd May
• Kandahar - Friday, 26th May
• The Little Mermaid - Friday, 26th May
• About My Father - Friday, 26th May
• The Machine - Friday, 26th May
• You Hurt My Feelings - Friday, 26th May
• Being Mary Tyler Moore - Friday, 26th May
• By Invitation Only - Friday, 26th May
• The Machine - Friday, 26th May