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US Box Office Weekend Report 1st - 3rd March 2024: Dune Part Two smashes into the US box office at number 1 with $82.5 Million

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Dune: Part Two
Sequel movie Dune: Part Two has no problem makings its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend as it smashes its way in with a debut gross of $82.5 Million.

The first movie in the series was released during the closures of the COVID19 pandemic, and although had a theatrical release its $40.1 Million debut in October of 2021 was reflective of the times.

Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to number 2 this weekend after a couple of weekends at the top, but has still taken over $82 Million on its 3 weeks of release.

Finishing off the fourth season on smash hit TV show The Chosen, The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8 is a new entry at number 3 this weekend with $4 Million.

Madame Web Clings onto the a top 5 position for another weekend but with the film only having made $40.4 Million after 3 weeks Sony will be looking at this movie as its biggest disaster for a Spider-Man related movie to date.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Dune: Part Two (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Dune: Part Two (@1)
  • Longest run - Poor Things (13 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Wonka ($216,744,789)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Migration (-13%)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $115,347,580
  • Also new this weekend
    • Check out the full US box office.

    US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd March 2024

    Dune: Part Two

    Highest New Movie This Weekend

    • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
    • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
    • It has a total gross of $82,505,391 after 1 weekends of release
    • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
    • The movie is a sequel to Dune which took $40,100,000 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

    • The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
    • It grosses $7,432,061 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
    • It has a total gross of $82,773,141 after 3 weekends of release
    • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024

    • The movie is a new entry at Number 3 on this weekends US box office
    • It grosses $4,032,388 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
    • It has a total gross of $4,032,388 after 1 weekends of release
    • The movie is a sequel to The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 4-6 which took $4,387,345 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

    Ordinary Angels

    • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
    • It grosses $3,850,000 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
    • It has a total gross of $12,561,122 after 2 weekends of release
    • The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2024

    • The movie goes down the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
    • It grosses $3,164,834 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
    • It has a total gross of $40,406,350 after 3 weekends of release
    • The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

    This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

    1. Dune: Part Two - $82,505,391
    2. Bob Marley: One Love - $7,432,061
    3. The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8 - $4,032,388
    4. Ordinary Angels - $3,850,000
    5. Madame Web - $3,164,834
    6. Migration - $2,500,355
    7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training - $2,076,250
    8. Wonka - $1,719,632
    9. Argylle - $1,384,565
    10. The Beekeeper - $1,103,215
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