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US Box Office Weekend Report 21st - 23rd April 2023: Super Mario Bros. spends a third weekend at the top of the US box office its total gross nearing $435 Million

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The animated video game adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie spends a third straight weekend at the top of the US box office with a small drop of 37% over last weekend as its total gross nears $500 Million.

The top new movie of the weekend is Evil Dead Rise, a successor, of sorts, to Army of Darkness. The movie looks set to spark a new era in the long running series which original director Sam Raimi has expressed an interest in returning to.

Director Guy Ritchies new movie The Covenant is a new entry at number 3, starring Jake Gyllenhaal the movie takes $6 Million on its debut.

John Wick: Chapter 4 drops to number 4 this weekend and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves drop to 5 while Chevalier is new at 11 with $1.5 Million and Somewhere In Queens is at 12 with $681,770.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (3rd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Evil Dead Rise (@2)
  • Longest run - Avatar: The Way of Water (19 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Avatar: The Way of Water ($683,664,773)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $120037669

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 21st - 23rd April 2023

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • The movie remains at Number 1 on this weekends US box office
  • It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $58,230,000 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $434,329,610 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It grosses $23,500,000 over the weekend on its debut
  • The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $4,424,535 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.
  • The movie is a new entry at Number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $6,282,787 over its debut weekend
John Wick: Chapter 4
  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $5,750,000 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $168,880,254 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum which took $148,626,905 at the box office after 5 weeks of release.
  • The movie goes up the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $5,400,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $82,187,245 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie - $59,930,940
  2. Evil Dead Rise - $24,504,315
  3. The Covenant - $6,380,188
  4. John Wick: Chapter 4 - $5,843,792
  5. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - $5,500,166
  6. Air - $5,448,483
  7. The Pope's Exorcist - $3,402,510
  8. Renfield - $3,252,155
  9. Beau Is Afraid - $2,826,793
  10. Suzume - $1,604,581
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