Jungle Cruise fell to number 2 and with such a high profile new release there were no other new movies on the box office top 10 this weekend.
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US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 6th - 8th August 2021
Director James Gunn jumps from the MCU to the DCEU to bring his interpretation of the comic book anti hero movie last brought to the screen by David Ayer in 2016.
The movie makes its debut a bit on the disappointing side even for the pandemic era with $26.5 Million on its debut.
Its unfair to compare to the 2016 version of the movie but that movie took $133.6 Million on its debut exactly 5 years ago.
Disney's latest romp on the jungle falls from its debut position at the top to number 2 this weekend with $16.6 Million, a 54% tumble from last weekend.
This gives the Dwayne Johnson starring movie a $65.3 Million total on its second weekend of release.
Staying at number 3 this weekend, and proving to be an audience draw is the M. Night Shyamalan directed movie which on its 3rd weekend brings in $4.14 Million, a slim 39% drop over last weeeknd.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $38.5 Million.
Remaining at number 4 this weekend is the Scarlett Johansson starring movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe which takes $4 Million this weekend, a slom 38% drop over last week.
The movie has been on the box office for 5 weeks now and has $175.3 Million total gross, the highest of 2021 so far.
Another movie staying put this week is at number 5, the true life drama starring Matt Damon takes $2.8 Million on its second weekend of release, a 22% drop, for a $10 Million total US gross.
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