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US Box Office Weekend 11 - 13 January 2019: Comedy/Drama The Upside beats Aquaman at the box office to take the top spot

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The Upside
In a time when superhero movies and special effects extravagansas rule its good to see a story driven Drama/Comedy hot the top spot with The Upside beating Aquaman this weekend.

A Dogs Way Home

The Upside

Film fans went for the Kevin Heart and Bryan Cranston starring comedy this weekend directed by Neil Burger in a pleasant surprise for the post holiday box office.

In a low taking box office the new release takes $19.5 million on its debut weekend.

Aquaman

Falling to number 2 this weekend the new memeber of the global $1 Billion club takes $17.2 million to boost its total US gross to $287.8 million.

A Dogs Way Home

Also new this week at number 3 is this dog based film starring Bryce Dallas Howard and directed by Charles Martin Smith which manages a debut weekend of $11.3 million.

Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse

Sony's animated hit falls to number 4 this week this a weekend of $9 million bringing the US gross to $147.7 million.

Escape Room

Finishing off the top 5 is last weeks top new film which takes $8.9 million on its second weekend which brings the films total of $32.4 million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. The Upside - $20,355,000
  2. Aquaman - $17,351,134
  3. A Dogs Way Home - $11,251,263
  4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - $9,050,583
  5. Escape Room - $8,928,452
  6. Mary Poppins Returns - $7,650,693
  7. Bumblebee - $7,208,398
  8. On the Basis of Sex - $6,070,615
  9. The Mule - $5,674,006
  10. Vice - $3,235,830
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