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US Box Office Analysis Weekend 10 - 12 May 2019: Avengers Endgame makes it three weeks at the top giving Pikachu a number 2 debut

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Avengers: Endgame
Marvel's Avengers: Endgame sits at the top of the US box office again as a number of new release come in and try to de-thrown it with Pokemon: Detective Pikachu coming closest.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

Avengers: Endgame

The Marvel mega hit film spends its third weekend at the top of the US box office with a weekend gross of $63 million.

This takes the films total gross to $723.5 million which means it is now the 3rd highest grossing film having overtaken Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther, both from Marvel.

The only 2 films in its way to being the top US film ever are Avatar and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avatar it could do by next weekend but The Force Awakens could be a hard reach.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

Highest new film of the week is the live action version of the popular Nintendo franchise which lands at number 2 with $58 million.

With a solid fan base and favourable reviews the Rob Letterman directed film could go on to be the top grossing Pokémon film to hit the big screen.

The Hustle

The con artist film directed by Chris Addison lands at number 3 this week with $13.5 million.

Stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson have a dedicated following which has helped the movie but with bad reviews this could sink quickly.

The Intruder

Starring Dennis Quaid and Meagan Good this Deon Taylor directed falls to number 4 on its second weekend and pushes the films total to $20.9 million.

Long Shot

Despite the positive buzz surrounding this film it falls to number 5 this weekend with $6.1 million pushing its gross to $19.7 million on its second weekend.

Captain Marvel

The Marvel superhero movie starring Brie Larson is on its 10th weekend this week pushes its total gross to $423.7 million in the US.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Avengers: Endgame - $63,054,000
  2. Pokémon Detective Pikachu - $54,365,242
  3. The Hustle - $13,536,298
  4. The Intruder - $6,600,000
  5. Long Shot - $6,125,000
  6. Poms - $5,110,000
  7. Uglydolls - $3,920,000
  8. Breakthrough - $2,466,000
  9. Tolkien - $2,153,000
  10. Captain Marvel - $1,813,000
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