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US Box Office Weekend Report 7 - 9 February 2020: Harley Quinn hits the top spot on her debut weekend of release knocking the Bad Boys to number 2

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Bad Boys For Life had a good run at the top of the US box office but its time for a change and this weekend Margot Robbie and her gang of trouble makers hit the top in Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn).

Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)

Makings its debut at the top of the US box office the spiritual follow-up to Suicide Squad with Harley Quinn leading the way as she joins up with the Birds Of Prey to down a Billionaire criminal.

The film took $33.2 Million over the weekend which is perhaps a little lower than was expected, and if lower than Suicide Squad and Joker from last year.

Bad Boys For Life

After 3 weeks at the top the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop movie falls to number 2 this week with $12 Million.

The film now has a total gross of $166.3 million and although not as good as your average superhero movie is far better than anyone could have expected from the movie.

1917

The award darling war movie (altohugh it didn't get the Oscar) falls to number 3 this weekend with $9 Million pushing its total gross after 7 weeks of release to $132.5 Million.

Dolittle

Robert Downey Jr. screen adaptation of the classic novel falls to number 4 this weekend with $6.6 pushing the film to $63.9 Million after 4 weeks.

Jumanji: The Next Level

Dwayne Johnson and his gang trapped in a video game falls to number 5 this week with $5.5 Million giving the film a 9 week total of $298.4 Million, it should pass $300 Million by next weekend.

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

The Sci-Fi space opera falls to number 10 this weekend but it does have the highest total gross on the chart with $510.5 Million from 8 weeks of release.

Parasite

Parasite

The South Korean movie has been in cinemas in the US now for 18 weeks, and altohugh they have not all been on the top 15 it does have the longest run of films inside the top 15.

The movie was the Oscar darling this year winning both best director and best movie which will bring a new audience to the movie and we could see the film around for a bit longer to come.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - $33,010,017
  2. Bad Boys For Life - $12,011,355
  3. 1917 - $9,236,350
  4. Dolittle - $6,534,580
  5. Jumanji: The Next Level - $5,556,679
  6. The Gentlemen - $4,215,491
  7. Gretel and Hansel - $3,580,332
  8. Little Women - $2,376,044
  9. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - $2,313,348
  10. Knives Out - $2,297,647
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