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With US cinemas still showing no signs of fully re-opening due a massive surge i the COVID-19 pandemic the box office figures are still largely relying on drive-ins

This week the low budget Relic hits the top of the 'box office' on its debut with the rest of the charts moving around but the numbers are all quite small!

Here is a rundown of the top 5 movies in the US 3rd - 5th July 2020.

Relic

Directed by Natalie Erika James on her debut this low budget horror movie stars Emily Mortimer and takes $192K on its debut and is the top movie of the week.

The Wretched

The movie has now surely reached cult status and has been the most dominant movie during the pandemic closures and this week it moves back to number 2 with $25K.

After 10 weeks the movie has now made $1.6 Million at the US box office.

Followed

The Antoine Le directed movie is at 3 this week with $23K and after 3 weeks has taken $423K.

Becky

5 weeks in and the Lulu Wilson starring movie takes $20K for the weekend and $903K in total.

Miss Juneteenth

Channing Godfrey Peoples directs this movie about a black beauty pageant which takes $11K this week for a 2 week total of $70K.

Cinemas in the US will start to open from July 4th with many announcing they will open a couple of weeks later on July 16th so we are still rely on unofficial sources for the US box office chart.

Topping this week from what is now over a thousand cinemas open we have the 1993 classic Steven Spielberg movie Jurassic Park while the top new film is follows at number 8.

Here is a breakdown of this weeks 'top 5'.

Jurassic Park

Released in 1993 this was the first movie to use CGI effects to a large degree and make it a central character, and the film was a monster hit and was for a time the highest grossing movie in the world.

The movie has had a couple of re-releases and this week it is the top grossing movie in the US with a weekend gross of $517K, its total gross is $403.8 Million over 27 years!

Jaws

Director Steven Spielberg again is at number 2, this time with his timeless classic shark movie which celebrates 45 years this year.

The movie takes $516K this week which pushes the films total US gross to $260 Million over its 45 years of release.

The Invisible Man

Back to modern movies and after spending 10 weeks on the chart 15 weeks after release (it had a few weeks out of cinemas when they first closed down), the Universal movie takes $201K pushing its total to $64.9 Million.

Trolls World Tour

Considering this animated sequel got a lot of press for going direct to VOD the movie is at number 4 this week having taken $160K for a $3.8 Million total after 6 weeks.

The Hunt~2020

At number 5 this week is this horror movie which seems to be getting a bit of a cult following and this weekend takes $136K for a $5.8 Million total after 7 weeks.

Followed

Highest new entry of the week is at number 8, this low budget horror movie based on a serial killer not liking people following them on social media has taken $107K over the weekend.

Sam Mandes critically acclaimed movie 1917 makes its UK debut at the top of the box office knocking Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker down to number 3 with Little Women climbing to 2.

1917

The critically acclaimed movie directed by Sam Mendes makes its UK debut at the top of the box office with a opening weekend gross of £7.4 Million.

It hard to compare this to his previous films as the famed director was behind the camera for the Bond movie Skyfall which opening in the UK to £20 Million.

In comparison to his non Bond movies it is his best opening to date, and with the awards season in full flow and the film nominated and winning many awards including Oscars and Golden Globes the final gross could high.

Little Women

Greta Gerwigs version of the classic novel goes up the box office this weekend to number 2 with a weekend gross of £2 million.

This puts the films total gross at £13.2 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

J.J. Abrams final Star Wars movie in the Skywalker saga falls from the top to number 3 this week with a weekend take of £1.8 Million.

The film has ben on general release now for 4 weeks and has taken an excellent £54.8 Million and it is the highest total grossing movie one this weeks box office.

As good as this is it is still the lowest grossing from of the sequel trilogy which started with Star Wars: The Force Awaken and then was followed by Star Wars: The Last jedi.

The Gentlemen

Guy Ritchies return to London based gangster movies falls to 4 this weekend with £1.7 Million for a 2 week total of £5.9 Million.

Jumanji: The Next Level

Dwayne Johnson sequel movie falls to 5 this weekend with £1.69 Million for a 5 week total of £30.0 Million.

The film is running just a little lower than the previous film in the series and will most likely end up with a gross just a little lower at around the £35 Million mark.

Frozen II

Disneys sequel animated movie falls to number 7 this week but has he longest run on the box office with 8 weeks, it has taken a UK total gross of £51.2 Million.

The 1970's TV show Charlies Angels gets a cinematic reboot this year and the BBFC have given it a 12A age rating.

Charlies Angels was first brought to the big screen in 2000 starring Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore, it was followed by a sequel and both films were moderate hits in the UK.

The reboot is directed by Elizabeth Banks and stars herself along with Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott among a few other famous faces.

The BBFC have given the film its 12A age rating for moderate violence, infrequent strong language and it has a runtime of 118 minutes (1 hour and 58 minutes), the film was passed uncut.

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Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs And Shaw finally gets a Chinese release and flies back to the top of the global box office while a quiet overall weekend has Angel Has Fallen the highest new film.

Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs And Shaw

The Fast & Furious franchise movie gets a release in China, where these films have always done well, and takes $101 Million on its debut pushing the film back to the top of the global box office.

The films total weekend gross is $128 Million from 69 territories after 4 weeks of release which pushes its total gross to $588 Million, it will end its box office run as the third top grossing film of the franchise.

The Lion King

Disneys mammoth remake rises back to number 2 this weekend with a gross of $38 Million from 57 countries after 7 weeks of release.

The film has followed suit with other Disney remakes of animated movies and takes over a billion, this remake has gone one better than Beauty And The Beast and gone over $1.5 Billion and become the highest grossing remake to date.

Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood

Tarantino's celebrated look at late 60's Hollywood falls to 3 this week with a gross of $33 Million from 56 countries after 5 weeks of release.

The film which will be one of the highest grossing non-Disney films by the end of the year has taken $239.7 Million to date.

Angel Has Fallen

Highest new film of the week is the Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman starring movie which is the third in the Fallen series which takes $29.6 Million from 31 countries which is in the same ball park as the previous film London Has Fallen.

Ne Zha

The Chinese produces animated movie takes $22.9 Million on its 5th weekend of release from 2 countries.

The Film has now taken an amazing $648.5 Million, with most of that from just a single territory.