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The rest of the top 5 was basically the same with The Northman moving back up into the top 5, the highest new movie of the weekend was the British aristocracy sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era which entered the box office at 6 with $9.2 Million from 33 countries.
Also new at number 7 is the Chinese movie Stay With Me which took $8.3 Million from a single country release.
Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 29th April - 1st May 2022
A fourth weekend at the top for the third in the Fantastic Beasts series as the movie take $34 Million from a massive 74 countries, a 35% drop over last weekend.
The movie has managed to become a sizeable hit for Warner Bros. despite being the lowest grossing of the Wizarding World movies, its total gross is currently $329.5 Million.
It is the 6th top grossing movie of 2022 to date, it may struggle to stay in the top 10 looking at the rest of the years releases.
The video game sequel movie this week became the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time, taking over from Sonic the Hedgehog from 2018.
This weekend the movie took $35.8 Million from 62 countries, a 24% drop over last weekend, for a total global gross of $323.5 Million which makes it the 7th to grossing movie of 2022.
the smash hit animated tale from Dreamworks Studios remains at number 3 this weekend with $25 Million, a 16% drop over last weekend, from 63 countries.
This gives the movie a global gross of $118.7 Million after 7 weeks of release.
Remaining at number 4 is the action comedy starring Sandra Bullock which takes $14.4 Million over the weekend, a 33% drop, from 62 countries, giving the movie a total gross of $148 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Director Robert Eggers's Nordic action drama jumps back up the box office to number 5 this weekend with $10.7 Million, a 41% drop over last weekend, from 46 countries giving it a total global gross of $41.6 Million after 3 weeks.
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