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US Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th May 2026: Michael returns to the top of the North American box office while new movie Obsession is the top debut at 3

US Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th May 2026:  Michael returns to the top of the North American box office while new movie Obsession is the top debut at 3
Michael
The Micheal Jackson bio-pic returns to the top of the North American box office, in a surprise move, on its fourth weekend of release replacing The Devil Wears Prada 2 after a couple of weeks while Obsession is the top new movie at 3.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Michael (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Obsession (@3)
  • Longest run - Top Gun (35 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($418,665,615)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Michael (-31%)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $110,049,254
  • Also new this weekend
    • In the Grey
    • Is God Is
    • Shrek
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway the Sorcery of Nymph Circe
  • Check out the full US box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th May 2026

Michael~2025

Michael

  • The movie goes up the chart to Number 1 on this weekends US box office
  • It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $26,140,937 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $282,812,764 after 4 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $17,850,733 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $175,712,929 after 3 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took $83,490,860 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Obsession~2025

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It grosses $17,196,855 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $17,196,855 after 1 weekends of release

Mortal Kombat II

Mortal Kombat II

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $13,400,638 over the weekend, a 65% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $62,233,170 after 2 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to Mortal Kombat which took $34,087,000 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

The Sheep Detectives

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $9,574,847 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $29,915,930 after 2 weekends of release
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