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US Box Office Weekend Report 31st January - 2nd February 2020: No change at the top for the Bad Boys For Life while Gretel And Hansel is top new film

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Bad Boys For Life
Bad Boys For Life spends another weekend at the top of the US box office while a new horror spin on the Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel gets the highest debut at number 4.

Bad Boys For Life

Three weeks ago no one would have thought the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence would have been such a big hit, and still be at the top of the box office, but here we are the the movie takes $17.6 Million, on a quiet Super Bowl weekend, to remain number 1.

This puts the movies total US gross at $148 Million and makes it the top grossing movie in the series to date.

1917

The award winning movie takes top honors at the UK BAFTA awards over the weekend and remains at number 2 on the box office with $9.6 Million.

This gives the movie a total gross of $119.2 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Dolittle

It was a quiet weekend at the box office and Dolittle remains at number 3 with $7.7 Million giving it a $55.2 Million total gross after 3 weeks of release.

Gretel And Hansel

Gretel And Hansel

Highest new film of the week enters the box office at number 4 with a weekend gross of $6.05 Million.

The studios weren't going to release a tentpole picture over the same weekend of the most watched television event of the year and this horror re-telling of the Grimm fairytale fit the bill perfectly.

The Gentlemen

Falling to number 5 this weekend is Guy Ritchies latest movie which takes $6 Million on its second weekend of release pushing its total to $20.4 Million.

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Its on its way out of the box office now but the Star Wars sequel movie is the top total grossing film on the box office with $507 Million over a 7 week release period.

Parasite

Longest run on the box office once again goes to the SOuth Korean movie which falls to number 14 this week and has been around for 16 weeks.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Bad Boys For Life - $17,682,959
  2. 1917 - $9,497,235
  3. Dolittle - $7,593,865
  4. Gretel and Hansel - $6,154,007
  5. Jumanji: The Next Level - $6,000,181
  6. The Gentlemen - $5,608,398
  7. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - $3,212,883
  8. Little Women - $3,073,922
  9. The Turning - $3,011,025
  10. The Rhythm Section - $2,715,384
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