US Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th August 2021: The Suicide Squad tops the box office on its debut with $26.5 Million

The James Gunn directed comic book action movie The Suicide Squad tops the US box office this week on its debut with a less than expected weekend gross.

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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• Number 1 - The Suicide Squad (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - The Suicide Squad (@1)
• Longest run - A Quiet Place Part II (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Black Widow ($174.3 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 6th - 8th August 2021

The Suicide Squad

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.

Jungle Cruise

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.

Old

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.

Black Widow

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.

Stillwater

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.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

1. The Suicide Squad - $26,500,000
2. Jungle Cruise - $15,693,000
3. Old - $4,140,000
4. Black Widow - $4,007,000
5. Stillwater - $2,860,000
6. The Green Knight - $2,596,000
7. Space Jam: A New Legacy - $2,475,000
8. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins - $1,625,000
9. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - $1,250,000
10. Fast and Furious 9 - $1,230,000

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