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Global Box Office Figures 22nd - 24th April 2022: With no major new releases Fantastic Beasts 3 remains at the top with Massive Talent the top new movie at 7

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
There were no major new releases across the globe this weekend which gave Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore a chance to spend a third weekend at the top of the global box office.

Top new movie of the weekend is The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which makes its debut at number 7 with $8.9 Million from 21 countries.

Global box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (3rd weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (@7)
  • Longest run - The Bad Guys (6 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($287.8 Million)

Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Three weeks at the top for the third in the Fantastic Beasts series as the movie takes $52.3 Million from 68 countries this weekend which is a 54% drop over last week.

The movie has now taken $280 Million from its global release, the lowest of the series and it is the 6th top movie of 2022.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The video game sequel movie climbs back to number 2 this weekend with a take of $34..2 Million from 58 countries, a 38% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken $287.8 Million globally which is a tiny bit ahead of the first Sonic the Hedgehog, and its the 6th top movie of 2022.

The Bad Guys

The animated smash hit movie takes $29.8 Million this weekend from 52 countries, an excellent 78% increase over last weekend, but it got its North American release and hit the top spot.

The movie has now taken $87.1 Million globally after 6 weeks of release.

The Lost City

The Lost City

The Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum action comedy remains at number 4 this weekend with $21.4 Million from 59 countries, an incredible 23% increase, giving the movie a total gross of $128 Million after 5 weeks of release.

K.G.F: Chapter 2

Falling 73% on its second weekend is the Indian hot movie which takes $19.7 Million from 20 countries as it falls from 2 to number 5, the movie has taken $114 Million globally.

This weeks top 10 Global Box Office films

  1. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - $52,310,000
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $34,225,000
  3. The Bad Guys - $29,878,000
  4. The Lost City - $21,475,000
  5. K.G.F: Chapter 2 - $19,738,000
  6. The Northman - $18,293,000
  7. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - $8,958,000
  8. Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween - $6,959,926
  9. Everything Everywhere All At Once - $6,497,446
  10. Morbius - $5,550,000
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