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US Box Office Weekend Report 29th - 31st January 2021: The Little Things lands on top of the US box office with a strong $4.8 Million debut

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The Little Things
After a couple of weeks of Liam Neeson at the top Denzel Washington comes in with his new movie The Little Things and takes over on its debut weekend.

The Marksman drops down the chart as The Croods: A New Age holds strong along with Wonder Woman 1984.

US box office Quickview.

  • Number 1 - The Little Things (1st Week)
  • Highest debut - The Little Things (@1)
  • Longest run - The War With Grandpa (17 weeks)*
  • Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($43,947,065)*
  • *Not including re-releases

Here is the top 5 US box office breakdown 29th - 31st January 2021.

The Little Things

Starring a powerhouse of Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto the murder mystery makes its debut at the top of the box office with $4.8 Million.

Not a bad debut for a movie during the COVID-19 pandemic with many cinemas closed, but clearly a lower debut than normal for all 3 leads.

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

The animated movies starring Nicholas Cage has gone from strength to strength during its cinema run despite being available on digital streaming through much of it!

This weekend the movie took $1.84 Millon wich it 2% up from last week, the total for the movie after 10 weeks is $43.9 Million.

Wonder Woman 1984

The super hero movie from the DC Universe has had a hard time at the cinema, perhaps because it got mediocre reviews and was available on HBO Max from day one.

The movie has takes $1.3 Million this weekend, down 19% from last weekend, for a $39.2 Million total after 6 weeks.

The Marksman

Falling from the top to number 4 this week is the Liam Neeson movie which takes $1.2 Million, 38% down, for a $7.8 Million total after 3 weeks.

Compared to Neesons last movie, Honest Thief which also came out during the pandemic last October it is nearly $2 Million lower as that movie had taken $9.5 Million after 3 weeks.

Monster Hunter

The Paul W.S. Anderson video game adaptation falls to number 3 this weekend with $740,000, 10% down from last weekend, for an $11.1 Million 7 week total.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. The Little Things - $4,700,000
  2. The Croods: A New Age - $1,817,770
  3. Wonder Woman 1984 - $1,300,000
  4. The Marksman - $1,251,590
  5. Monster Hunter - $735,228
  6. News of the World - $542,280
  7. Promising Young Woman - $265,635
  8. Fatale - $217,721
  9. The War With Grandpa - $141,333
  10. Our Friend - $138,198
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