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US Box Office Weekend Report 31st July - 2nd August 2020: The Rental remains at the top and Summerland is the top new movie of the week at 7

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The Rental
The US box office is still limping along with drive-in movie theatres making up most of the box office figures as cinemas continue to struggle to re-open in light of the continued threat of COVID-19

This week The Rental remains at the top and older catalogue titles still continue to dominate the top 5 movies.

Here are the top 5 movies in America 31st July - 2 August 2020.

The Rental

The Dave Franco directed horror movie spends another weekend at the top of the US box office with a gross of $317K over the Friday to Sunday frame.

The movie has now taken just under a million with $916K and will most likely be the third film under the cinema closures to cross the million mark.

The Goonies

The 1983 classic spends a 6th weekend on rerelease on the box office, this weekend its sits at number 2 with a gross of $150K pushing the movies total to $62.7 Million since release.

Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg's evergreen classic spends its 7th weekend on the box office under release, this weekend at number 3 it takes $117K pushing its total since release to $403.6 Million.

Back To The Future

The ever popular time travel movie starring Michael J. Fox is at number 4 with a weekend gross of $107K wihch takes its total gross since release to $211.2 Million.

The Big Ugly

Staying at number 5 this week is director Scott Wiper's gangster movie starring Vinnie Jones which takes $105K for a $332.3K total after 2 weeks.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. The Rental - $290,272
  2. The Goonies - $150,000
  3. Jaws - $142,000
  4. The Jungle Book - $127,000
  5. Jurassic Park - $117,000
  6. Dirty Dancing - $113,000
  7. Gremlins - $109,300
  8. The Karate Kid - $109,000
  9. Back to the Future - $107,000
  10. Grease - $102,000
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