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US Box Office Weekend Report 10th - 12th July 2020: 40th anniversary re-release of The Empire Strikes Back is the top movie of the week in a still quiet American box office

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
With the spike in COVID-19 cases in the US climbing higher than ever most states have decided to delay the opening of movie theatres so there is still no official chart and drive-ins are still a majority of the takings.

With that said the top film, for the second weekend running, is a classic re-release, this time it is the Star Wars sequel which is celebrating 40 years this year.

Here is a rundown of the top 5 film in the US 10th - 12th July 2020.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

First released back in 1980 the highly praised sequel, which to this day and 11 movies is still considered the best movie in the Star Wars world, hits the top of the box office again.

The movie takes $611K from its 611 theatre count, the movie has made ove $200 Million since release.

Black Panther

Getting another shot at a cinema release after its successful 2018 cinema run the Marvel movie takes $367K which boosts its US gross to just over $700 Million.

Inside Out

Inside Out

Pixars 2015 movie about the inner workings of the mind is at 3 this week with $340K and a $356 Million total.

Jurassic Park

Another re-released movie hitting the movie theatre is the 1993 mega smash from Steven Spielberg which amazingly still holds up nearly 30 years later.

The movie takes $224K which pushes its total gross to $405.1 Million.

The Goonies

Rounding out the top 5 is another classic movie this time from 1985 which takes $215K over the weekend to push its total US gross to $66.2 Million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - $611,000
  2. Black Panther - $367,000
  3. Inside Out - $340,000
  4. Jurassic Park - $224,000
  5. The Goonies - $213,000
  6. Relic - $195,674
  7. Palm Springs - $164,000
  8. Jaws - $140,000
  9. Gremlins - $140,000
  10. Most Wanted - $138,000
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