World Box Office Weekend Report 16th - 18th July 2021: Black Widow remains at the top despite Space Jam 2 challenge

The MCU take a second weekend at the top of the global box office as Black Widow remains at number 1, but Space Jam: A New Legacy makes a strong challenge for the top on its second weekend.

The Space Jam sequel is the real top new movie at number 2, although it did get a release in Russia last week where is took $194,073, which makes Chinese movie The Day We Lit Up the Sky the top new movie making its debut at number 6 this weekend with $11.8 Million.

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• Number 1 - Black Widow (2nd Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Day We Lit Up the Sky (@6)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age (30 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Fast & Furious 9 ($591.2 Million)

Global box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th July 2021

Black Widow

The Marvel movie which got delayed due to the pandemic remains at the top of the global box office this weekend with a gros of $56.1 Million from 49 territories, a large 65% drop from last weekend.

This gives the Scarlett Johansson starring movie a $264 Million total after 2 weeks of release.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

In reality the top new movie of the weekend but a Russian release last weekend means it actually climbs to number 2 with $54.6 Million from a huge 65 countries.

This gives the movie a total gross of $54.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Chinese Doctors

Falling to number 3 this weekend is the Chinese drama which takes $43.9 Million from just 1 country, only an 18% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken a very respectable $136 Million take after 2 weeks.

Fast & Furious 9

Highest grossing movie on the global box office at the moment, The Fast Sage movie takes $36.2 Million, a 32% increase over last weekend, from 58 countries for a $591.2 Million total after 9 weeks.

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

Released in a few countries last weekend, the horror sequel makes its top 10 debut this weekend with $12.2 Million, 93% higher than last week, from 19 countries, giving the movie a $13.3 Million total to date.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

1. Black Widow - $56,151,000
2. Space Jam: A New Legacy - $54,661,000
3. Chinese Doctors - $43,929,000
4. Fast and Furious 9 - $36,268,000
5. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - $12,200,000
6. The Day We Lit Up the Sky - $11,815,000
7. The Forever Purge - $7,856,000
8. The Medium - $7,763,000
9. The Croods: A New Age - $6,418,000
10. Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess - $6,177,848

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