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US Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th December 2022: Black Panther 2 makes it 5 weeks at the top as no new movies enter the top 10!

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
As the world awaits the new Avatar movie released this coming Friday Black Panther: Wakanda Forever spends a 5th weekend at the top of the North American box office as the top 5 stays the same as last weekend!

The highest new movie comes in at number 13 as the critically acclaimed The Whale takes $360,000 on limited release and The Mean One at 15 with $188,523.

US box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (5th Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Whale (@13)
  • Longest run - Top Gun: Maverick (24 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Top Gun: Maverick ($718,519,000)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $35 5 Million

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th December 2022

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

5 weeks in for the Black Panther sequel and another weekend at the top of the North American box office as the movie takes $11 Million, a small 37% drop.

This pushes the total gross up to $409.8 Million over its 5 weeks of release which makes it the 3rd top movie of 2022.

The first movie took $26.6 Million on its fifth weekend for a total of $605 Million.

The bloodfest that is Santa Claus meets Home Alone remains in the runner up spot for a second weekend with $8.6 Million, a 35% drop.

This gives the movie a $26.6 Million total after 2 weekends of release which comparing it Krampus from 2015 which had taken $28.5 Million after 2 weeks its very close.

Disney's latest animated tale remains at 3 this weekend with $3.6 Million, a reasonable 29% drop over last weekend.

A $30.4 Million total after 4 weeks of release is causing Disney to put the animated feature on Disney+ sooner rather than later and will be removing from cinemas in the coming weeks.

Comparing it to last years Encanto it way lower than the $71 Million that movie took after 3 weeks.

The Menu

The fine dining movie from director Mark Mylod is at 4 again this weekend with $2.7 Million, a 22% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken $29 Million over its 4 weeks of release.

The flying based movie starring Jonathan Majors is at 5 this weekend with $1.99 Million, a low 27% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total of $16.9 Million after 3 weeks of release.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $11,234,702
  2. Violent Night - $8,722,765
  3. Strange World - $3,781,791
  4. The Menu - $2,767,824
  5. Devotion - $2,027,788
  6. Black Adam - $1,328,047
  7. The Fabelmans - $1,172,230
  8. The Hours: Met Opera 2022 - $791,374
  9. I Heard the Bells - $752,590
  10. Spoiler Alert - $679,690
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