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US Box Office Weekend Report 5th - 7th August 2022: Bullet Train makes its debut at the top of the US box office with $30 Million

US Box Office Weekend Report 5th - 7th August 2022: Bullet Train makes its debut at the top of the US box office with $30 Million
Bullet Train
The new action comedy movie starring Brad Pitt Bullet Train makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.

Also new this weekend is Easter Sunday which makes its debut at number 8 with $5.4 Million and on limited release Bodies Bodies Bodies is new at number 15 with $226,653, from 2 cinemas.

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US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th August 2022

Bullet Train

Highest New Movie of the Weekend

Bullet Train

Starring Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, based in Japan on the famous Bullet Train this action comedy enters the North American box office at number 1.

A debut gross of $30 Million makes it a reasonable hit, but the lack of any competition in the marketplace has helped it have a good debut.

The director is David Leitch who last movie was Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw which grossed $60 Million in its debut.

DC League of Super-Pets

After making its debut at the top of the North American box office last weekend the animated pet movie falls to number 2 this weekend.

A gross of $11 Million is 52% lower than last weekend and takes the movies total gross to $44.9 Million after 2 weeks.

Nope

Jordan Peele's latest movie falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $8.5 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 54% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total US gross of $97.6 Million

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

Number 4 in the Thor series of movies falls to number 4 this weekend with $7.7 Million.

Now on its 5th weekend of release the movie has taken $316.1 Million and is the 6th top movie in North America of 2022.

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Finally on the top 5 is the animated sequel to Minions which takes $7.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 35% drop.

This gives the movie a total in the US of $334.5 Million and it is the 5th top movie of 2022.

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