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World box office report weekending 8th March: Focus moves to the top

World box office report weekending 8th March:  Focus moves to the top
Focus
Across the world box office this week Will Smith's starring vehicle Focus becomes the top film across the globe with a gross of $27 million.

It replaces Fifty Shades of Grey which has been at the top for the last couple of weeks, it falls to fifth with a gross of $23 million.

Chappie is the top new film of the week, a slither behind Focus with $27 million has it enter at number 2.

The rest of the top 5 has Jupiter Ascending at 3, thanks to a big opening in China, with $26 million and Kingsman The Secret Service at 4 with $25 million.

Here is the full top 10 film at the global box office

  1. Focus - $27,720,000
  2. Chappie - $27,000,000
  3. Jupiter Ascending - $26,455,000
  4. Kingsman The Secret Service - $25,300,000
  5. Fifty Shades Of Grey - $23,303,880
  6. Big Hero 6 - $19,925,000
  7. American Sniper - $19,110,000
  8. The Spongebob Movie Sponge Out of Water - $16,600,000
  9. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - $14,200,000
  10. From Vegas to Macau 2 - $10,000,000
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