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US Box Office Analysis Weekend 4 - 6 January 2019: Aquaman stay at the top of the box office as the new year rolls in

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Aquaman
Warner Bros. score a big hit with Aquaman as the film stays on top for a second weekend keeping Escape Room to make its debut at number 2.

Escape Room

Aquaman

Remaining at the top as 2019 rolls in the DC Universe film takes an excellent $30.7 million on its second weekend of release.

This pushes the movies total US gross to $259.7 million after 2 weeks of release.

Escape Room

Highest new entry of the week is at number 2 with this Sony horror/thriller which takes $18 million on its debut, higher than expected.

Mary Poppins returns

Falling to number 3 this week is Disney's sequel movie which on all accounts has performed below expectations.

The film took $15.7 million this weekend to boost its total US gross to $138.7 million.

Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse

Sony animated entry into the Spider-Man movies falls to number 4 this week with $13 million to bring its total to $133.8 million.

Bumblebee

Rounding off the top 5 is the Transformers origin movie which takes $12.7 million for a $97.1 million total, it will pass the $100 million by next weekend.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Aquaman - $31,003,280
  2. Escape Room - $18,238,172
  3. Mary Poppins Returns - $15,860,957
  4. Bumblebee - $13,202,603
  5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - $13,126,885
  6. The Mule - $9,109,693
  7. Vice - $5,734,509
  8. Second Act - $4,755,291
  9. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 - $4,673,522
  10. Holmes and Watson - $3,302,827
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