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US Box Office Weekend Report 30th September - 2nd October 2022: Horror movie Smile makes its debut at the top of the US box office with $22 Million

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Smile
As we go into October the horror movies start to flood the cinemas and the box office and this week we see the critically acclaimed movie Smile~2022 hit the top.

Coming in also on the top 5 is new comedy BROS which has surprised many by making its debut at 5 while Ponniyin Selvan I is new at 6 with $4 Million, Vikram Vedha~2022 is new at 12 with $986,172 and finally The Good House is new at 15 with $797,309.

US box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Smile~2022 (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Smile~2022 (@1)
  • Longest run - Top Gun: Maverick (19 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Top Gun: Maverick ($713 Million)

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 30th September - 2nd October 2022

Smile

Highest New Movie This Weekend

Making a mark on the horror genre is the new movie from director Parker Finn which after the reviews and he success of this movie, and the low budget, it will spawn a number of sequels.

The movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a very good $22 Million opening.

The troubled movie directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh falls to number 2 this weekend with a gross of $6.84 Million, a fairly hefty 65% drop over its debut last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $12 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Three weeks in for the Viola Davis starring movie wich this weeks falls to number 3 with $6.82 Million, a 38% drop over last week.

It only just missed out on the number 2 spot with just over $20,000 separating this and Don't Worry Darling.

The movie has a total gross of $46.5 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Avatar - 4K re-release

The 2 week special release of the 2009 movie in 4K drop to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $5 Million, a 52% drop over last weekend.

The movie in its special release format has taken $18.9 Million on its re-release but the movie has taken $779.8 Million since it was released.

Making its debut at number 5 this weekend, despite all the hype and critical acclaim is the Nicholas Stoller directed movie which makes its debut at number 5 with $4.8 Million.

The movie expands into more theatres next weekend which could give it a big boost.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Smile - $22,609,925
  2. Don't Worry Darling - $6,847,169
  3. The Woman King - $6,825,585
  4. Avatar - $5,011,989
  5. BROS - $4,854,125
  6. Ponniyin Selvan: Part One - $4,018,000
  7. Barbarian - $2,822,049
  8. Bullet Train - $1,334,502
  9. DC League of Super-Pets - $1,245,408
  10. Top Gun: Maverick - $1,197,041
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