World Box Office Weekend Report 2nd - 4th October 2020: Two Chinese movies hit the top of the global box office outgrossing anything in recent months

The Chinese box office is far outpacing any other country at the moment and can be seen as a model of how to re-open your box office as two movies gross over $150 Million each.

Sequel movie My People, My Homeland and animated feature Legend Of Deification were so far ahead in the weekend takings not nothing else had a look in and the third place movie, Tenet, took a fraction over the same period.

Here is a quick look breakdown of the weeks top 15.

• Number 1 - My People, My Homeland (1 weeks)
• Highest debut - My People, My Homeland (@1)
• Longest run - Onward (30 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Tenet ($307,100,000)

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movies globally at the box office 2nd - 4th October 2020.

My People, My Homeland

The follow up to My People, My Country land on the Chinese box office at number 1 and hence lands on the global box office at the top with a weekend gross of $157.5 Million on its debut.

The movie directed by a whole host of directors and if it does as well at the previous movie could take near to $500 Million.

Legend Of Deification

Called Jiang Ziya this animated fantasy tale hit the number 2 spot in China on its release being narrowly beaten by My People, My Country, but still the Teng Cheng and Li Wei directed movie took $151.7 Million to debut second globally.

Tenet

Falling to number 3 this weekend as the Christopher Nolan movie starts to slow down across the globe, this weekend it took $14.2 Million.

This pushes the movies total gross after 6 weeks to $307.1 Million.

The New Mutants

Disneys mutant movie goes back into the top 5 this weekend taking $1.95 Million at number 4.

This pushes the movies total global gross to $42.1 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Hocus Pocus

The Halloween favourite gets a re-release in America, where it debuted at number 2, and makes its global debut at number 5 with $1.95 Million, 27 years after the movie first debuted.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

1. My People, My Homeland - $157,500,000
2. Legend of Deification - $151,914,764
3. Tenet - $14,200,000
4. The New Mutants - $1,953,986
5. Hocus Pocus - $1,925,000
6. The Asadas - $1,634,019
7. Unhinged - $1,451,839
8. Jim Button and the Wild 13 - $1,400,000
9. Trolls World Tour - $1,253,100
10. Violet Evergarden: The Movie - $1,221,782

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