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US Box Office Weekend Report 17th - 19th February 2023: Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania makes its debut at the top of the US box office with over $100 Million

Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania
This weekend the next Marvel movie made its debut at the top of the US box office with an opening gross of $106 Million, topping that of the previous 2 movies in the series.

Also new this weekend is Marlowe starring Liam Neeson which takes $1.8 Million at number 8 and Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey which is new at 11 with $1.4 Million.

Fire of Love from director Sara Dosa is new at 13 with $1.1 Million and finally 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action is new at 14 with $734,124.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania (@1)
  • Longest run - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (32 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Avatar: The Way of Water ($657,508,455)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $144939605

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th February 2023

Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania

Highest New Movie This Weekend

Marvels new Ant-Man movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office this weekend with over $100 Million, which is better than the previous 2 movies which took $57 Million and $75 Million respectively.

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks US box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $106,109,650 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp which took $75,812,205 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

Now climbing to the 10th top movie in the US ever James Camerons sequel movie continues to dominate the box office as its total gross gets closer to the $700 Million milestone.

  • The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $6,550,464 over the weekend, a 9% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $657,508,455 over 10 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is the 10th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
  • The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $749,202,090 at the box office after 10 weeks of release.

The Magic Mike threequel movie drops to number 3 on its second weekend on the box office chart as it drop only 35% from last weekends gross.

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $5,432,686 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $18,023,140 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Magic Mike XXL which took $48,301,179 at the box office after 2 weeks of release.
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Another sequel movie on the box office which has done far better than expected as the Shrek universe movie drops only 4% drop last weekends gross, amazing for a movie on its 9th weekend of release.

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $5,337,485 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $166,153,585 over 9 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $143,661,774 at the box office after 9 weeks of release.

The M. Night Shyamalan directed movie goes back up the chart 1 place with a $4 Million weekend on its third weekend of release.

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $3,973,085 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $30,445,355 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - $106,109,650
  2. Avatar: The Way of Water - $6,550,464
  3. Magic Mike's Last Dance - $5,432,686
  4. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - $5,337,485
  5. Knock At the Cabin - $3,973,085
  6. 80 For Brady - $3,752,827
  7. Titanic - $2,410,102
  8. Marlowe - $1,814,094
  9. Missing - $1,747,754
  10. A Man Called Otto - $1,600,452
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