US Box Office Weekend Report 14th - 16th January 2022: Scream on its debut takes over from Spider-Man at the top of the North American box office

Also new this week is Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess which enters the box office at number 6 with a $1.6 Million debut weekend.

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• Number 1 - Scream (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Scream (@1)
• Longest run - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (9 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($698 Million)

North American weekend box office top 5 breakdown 14th - 16th January 2022

Scream

Back for a 5th movie in the series, and this time once again just called Scream the long running franchise re-unites all the primary cast from the 1996 original.

The movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a gross of $30.6 Million making it the second highest grossing movie of 2022.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Falling to number 2 this weekend after a 4 week spell at the top is the Marvel/Sony MCU movie which takes $20.8 Million this weekend, a 37% drop over last week.

This gives the movie a total US gross of $698.7 Million, it is the top movie so far in 2022 with $88.8 Million and is also the 6th top grossing movie of all time in North America.

Sing 2

The animated sequel falls to number 3 this weekend after three weeks at number 2 with a weekend gross of $8.2 Million, a 31% drop over last weekend.

The Garth Jennings directed movie has now taken $119.3 Million in North America and with $29.6 Million in 2022 is the 3rd top movie of the year.

The 355

The action movie starring Diane Kruger and Penelope Cruz falls to number 4 this week with $2.3 Million, a hefty 51% drop over its debut last weekend, giving the movie a $8.4 Million total and the 5th top movie of 2022.

The King's Man

Four weeks on and the prequel movie falls to number 5 with $2.3 Million, a 39% drop, pushing its gross to $28.6 Million and the 4th top movie of 2022 with $9.1 Million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

1. Scream - $30,018,805
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home - $20,094,245
3. Sing 2 - $7,984,795
4. The 355 - $2,275,820
5. The King's Man - $2,216,035
6. Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess - $1,645,800
7. American Underdog - $1,572,157
8. West Side Story - $928,687
9. Licorice Pizza - $879,511
10. The Matrix Resurrections - $803,606

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