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World Box Office Weekend Report 4th - 6th September 2020: Tenet tops the box office chart on its wider release globally while Mulan is the top new movie after a limited release

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Tenet
As Tenet opens up in more of the world it easily takes over at the top of the global box office ahead of the Chinese movie The Eight Hundred.

The global box office is still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the biggest movie to go direct to VOD got a cinema release in some countries and Mulan is the top new movie of the weekend.

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movies across the globe 4th - 6th September 2020.

Tenet

The Christopher Nolan directed movie gets a release across much more of the world this weekend, including America, and tops the global box office easily with $126 Million.

This pushes the films total global gross to $146.2 Million after 2 weeks of release.

The Eight Hundred

The Chinese hit movie falls to number 2 this week with a gross of $34 Million pushing the films total gross to $336.2 Millon after 4 weeks of release.

The New Mutants

Like Tenet the Mutant movie from 20th Century Fox under the Disney banner got released in more of the world this week and took $12.7 Million globally over the weekend.

This pushes the movie total gross to $20.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Mulan

Mulan

Controversially released onto Disney+ simultaneously with a cinema release the Disney live action remake makes its debut on the global chart at number 3 this weekend with $5.9 Million from 9 countries, but not America.

This movie was to be a tentpole for Disney this year and was pulled from release days before it was set to go global in mid March as the pandemic hit and closed most of the worlds cinemas.

Unhinged

The Russell Crowe starring movie falls to 5 this weekend with $1.9 Million taking its total gross to $23.8 Million after 6 weeks of release.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

  1. Tenet - $126,000,000
  2. The Eight Hundred - $34,075,361
  3. The New Mutants - $12,700,000
  4. Mulan - $5,900,000
  5. Unhinged - $1,992,946
  6. After We Collided - $1,808,879
  7. Doraemon The Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur - $1,304,942
  8. Yarn - $1,299,332
  9. Gekijouban Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] III. spring song - $1,012,427
  10. Onward - $838,472
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