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US Box Office Weekend Report 17th - 19th July 2020: 2017's live action remake of Beauty And The Beast is the top movie at the American box office

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Beauty and the Beast
Cinemas in the US are starting to close down again rather than re-open and release dates are starting to get changed and removed altogether from schedules so its drive-in movie showings which once again shine.

Disney's live action remake of Beaty And The Beast from 2017 is this weeks top film and with nothing in the way of new release there is nothing to report on that front, in fact the whole top 5 this week are all re-released.

Here is the top 5 movies in the US 17th - 19th July 2020

Beauty And The Beast

Originally released in mid-March of 2017 Disney continued their live action re-make succes with this tale as old as time, it made over $500 Million on its initial run.

This week it takes $467K which pushes the movies total to $504 Million.

Iron Man

Iron Man

Released May of 2009 the movie is credited with really kicking off the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Disney and succeeded where Hulk had failed previously.

This week the movie is at number 2 with $430K which brings the movies total gross to $318.6 Million.

Bohemian Rhapsody

The 2019 Oscar winning movie is at number 3 this week with a gross of $240K which boosts its total in the US to $216.4 Million.

Jurassic Park

This movie from director Steven Spielberg never seems to lose popularity and once again appears in the top 5 27 years after first release with $210K giving it a $403.5 Million total.

The Goonies

Iron Man

An '80 classic movie is at number 5 with a weekend take of $202K for a total US gross of $62.5 Million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Beauty and the Beast - $467,000
  2. Iron Man - $430,000
  3. Bohemian Rhapsody - $240,000
  4. Jurassic Park - $210,000
  5. The Goonies - $202,000
  6. Relic - $164,174
  7. Gremlins - $155,000
  8. Ghostbusters - $105,000
  9. Jaws - $102,000
  10. Archive - $38,805
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