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US Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th July 2021: Black Widow lands at the top of the box office on its debut

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Black Widow
Disney and Marvel finally release their first movie at the box office in 18 months in the shape of Black Widow and score another number 1 hit movie

With such a strong release no other studio has released anything in competition so it is the only new release on the top 15 this weekend.

Also worth a note is this weeks US box office is the highest grossing top 15 since late 2019 when war movie 1917 made its debut.

US box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Black Widow (1st Weeekend)
  • Highest debut - Black Widow (@1)
  • Longest run - A Quiet Place Part II (7 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - A Quiet Place Part II ($150 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th July 2021

Black Widow

Black Widow

It may have been a delayed release by well over a year but the new MCU movie hits the top of the US bod office with ease taking a pandemic beating $80 Million.

The movie also made another $60 Million on the Disney+ streaming service where viewers had to pay another $30 to see the movie, although this was more 24 hours after its theatrical release.

The movie is already the fifth top grossing movie of 2021.

Fast & Furious 9

Falling from the top to number 2 is the ninth The Fast Saga movie which takes $10.8 Million this weekend, a 55% drop over last weekend.

Over 3 weeks of release the movie has now taken $141.3 Million, it is currently the second top movie is 2021.

The Boss Baby 2

Falling to number 3 this weekend is the animated sequel which takes $8.7 Million on its second weekend of release, a 50% drop, giving it a $34.7 Million total.

The Forever Purge

The Forever Purge

Falling to number 4 this week is the fifth movie in The Purge series which takes $6.7 Million, a 47% drop, giving the movie a 2 week total of $27.4 Million.

A Quiet Place Part II

The John Krasinski directed movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $3 Million, a 29% drop over last weekend.

The movie has been on the chart for 7 weeks now, all in the top 5, and is the top grossing movie in the US for 2021 with $150.7 Million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Black Widow - $80,366,312
  2. Fast and Furious 9 - $10,880,000
  3. The Boss Baby 2: Family Business - $8,700,000
  4. The Forever Purge - $6,710,000
  5. A Quiet Place: Part II - $3,005,705
  6. Cruella - $2,200,000
  7. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard - $1,605,000
  8. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway - $1,250,000
  9. In the Heights - $630,000
  10. Zola - $620,000
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