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US Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th March 2023: Creed III tops the US box office on its debut weekend with an opening gross of nearly $60 Million

Creed III
A change at the top of the US box office chart as the third in the Creed series of movies, Creed III tops the US box office on its debut weekend.

Also new on the top 5 this weekend is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village at number 4 while the new Guy Ritchie movie Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre makes its debut at 7 with �3.1 Million while Indina movie RRR is new at 15 with an RRR Fan Celebrrration which makes its debut with $197,003.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Creed III (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Creed III (@1)
  • Longest run - Everything Everywhere All At Once (34 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Avatar: The Way of Water ($670,632,000)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $114975157

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th March 2023

Creed III

Highest New Movie This Weekend

The Creed franchise is now starting to get as many movies as the Rocky franchise which gave birth to it, but here we are with the third movie which makes an incredible debut with $58 Million.

The movie is directed by its star Micheal B. Jordan and with the film being well received by audiences a Creed Iv may not be far behind, interestingly Rocky IV was one of that series most popular movies.

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks US box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $58,658,008 on its debut weekend
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Creed II which took $35,574,710 at the box office after 1 week in cinemas.

After a couple of weeks at the top the third in the Ant-Man series of movies falls to number 3 with a gross of $12.4 Million for the weekend.

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $12,471,000 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $186,799,000 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp which took $165,005,448 at the box office after 3 weeks of release.

The 'based on a true story' movie falls to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at number 2 with a weekend take of $11 Million, a large 52% drop.

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $11,020,000 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $41,288,320 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba   to the Swordsmith Village

Following on from the 2020 movie Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train the latest movie in the series makes its US debut at 4 with $10 Million, half that of its predecessor.

  • The movie is a new entry on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $10,117,806 on its debut weekend
  • The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train which took $21,234,994 at the box office after 1 week in cinemas.

The faith based movie has a decent second weekend on the US box office falling to number 5 with a 44% drop in weeeknd grosses for a total of $30 Million.

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
  • It grosses $8,650,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $30,541,391 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2023

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Creed III - $58,370,007
  2. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - $12,810,042
  3. Cocaine Bear - $11,139,365
  4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village - $10,117,806
  5. Jesus Revolution - $8,507,505
  6. Avatar: The Way of Water - $3,648,217
  7. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre - $3,140,214
  8. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - $2,747,695
  9. Magic Mike's Last Dance - $1,103,181
  10. 80 For Brady - $885,962
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