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US Box Office Weekend Report 8th - 10th January 2021: Wonder Woman 1984 drops big but stays at the top of the US box office

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Wonder Woman 1984
With the US box office still suffering from closures from the stay-at-home orders in place across much of America Wonder Woman 1984 stays at the top again despite a big drop from the previous weekend.

There are no new releases on the chart as nearly everything at the moment is going to VOD and big new blockbusters have been push to at least the second quarter of the year although Jurassic World from 2015 makes a re-entry at 13.

In a rare movie, altohugh not surprising, the top 5 this weekend is in the exact same positions as last weekend.

US box office Quickview.

  • Number 1 - Wonder Woman 1984 (3rd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Jurassic World (re-entry at 13)
  • Longest run - The War With Grandpa (14 weeks)*
  • Highest total gross - The War With Grandpa ($19,056,873)*
  • *Not including rereleases

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movies in the US 8th - 10th January 2021.

Wonder Woman 1984

The DC Universe sequel movie spends another weekend at the top of the US chart with a gross of $3 Million which is 45% down from the previous weekend.

The movie now has a total gross of $32.6 Million after 3 weeks of release, it is the top grossing movie so far in 2021 and the third highest grossing movie since the pandemic started.

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

The animated sequel spends another weekend at number 2 on the box office with a weekend gross of $1.8 Million, 17% down week on week.

The movie has taken $36.8 Million after 7 weeks of release is the second top movie of 2021 and the second highest grossing movie since the pandemic closed many cinemas.

News Of The World

Staying again at number 3 is the Tom Hanks Oscar worthy movie which takes $1.2 Million over the weekend a 27% drop, giving the movie a 3 week total of $7.09 Million.

Monster Hunter

Remaining at 4 is the Paul W.S. Anderson directed movie which takes $1.1 Million over the weekend, 12% down from last weekend, giving the movie a $7.8 Million 4 week gross.

Fatale

Finishing of the top 5 is the Deon Taylor directed drama which take $656,606, only a 6% drop from last weekend, the movie has now taken $3.9 Million over 4 weeks.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Wonder Woman 1984 - $3,000,000
  2. The Croods: A New Age - $1,810,755
  3. News of the World - $1,236,185
  4. Monster Hunter - $1,106,032
  5. Fatale - $656,606
  6. Promising Young Woman - $566,285
  7. Pinocchio - $221,022
  8. The War With Grandpa - $145,822
  9. Come Play - $95,430
  10. Alien - $60,000
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