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US Box Office weekend 6th October 2016: Blade Runner 2049 tops the box office with a lower than expected debut

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Blade Runner 2049
There was never any doubt that the highly anticipated new Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049, was going to top the box office, but expectation were a little higher than was achieved.

Starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford the film has garnered fantastic reviews with a true sequel storyline and fantastic cinematography.

With a debut gross of just over $31 million on an expectation of $50 million maybe the sci-fi epic was a little too much for movie goers.

Falling to number 3 this week is last weeks top film IT which takes just shy of $10 million on its 6th weekend of release for a total US gross of $304 million.

Coming in at number 2 is The Mountain Between Us starring Kate Winslet and Idris Alba with a US weekend gross of $10 million.

Also new this week is animated film My Little Pony with an $8 million debut.

It is the longest longest running film and well os t he top total grossing film on the top 10 this week.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

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