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Also worthy of a comment is that the whole top 5 this week are new entries which meant that Spider-Man: No Way Home gets pushed down to number 6 on its 8th weekend of release.
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Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 4th - 6th February 2022
The Chinese only release of The Battle At Lake Changjin was the top grossing movie of 2021 when it was released in early October, that was until Spider-Man: No Way Home came in and spoiled the party.
The sequel gets its release this weekend in just 2 countries and knocks the Spider-man movie from the top with a debut weekend of $153.4 Million, although this is lower than the $232 Million debut of the previous movie.
The future looks good for the film and with the longevity the previous movie had this could be around for a number of weeks to come.
To top of a very good weekend for the movie it had instantly become the second best global movie of 2022.
Directed by Xing Wenxiong action comedy makes it debut at number 2 this week with a gross of $111.5 Million from a single country release.
On its debut weekend the movie has become the fourth top movie of 2022.
Making its debut at number 3 is this new movies from director Muye Wen which takes $45.5 Million on its opening weekend from just one country of release.
The movie is the 8th top movie of 2022.
The latest movie in the long running animated Boonie Bear series, this time from director Huida Lin, makes its debut at 4 with $38.9 Million from its single country of release.
The movie has just snuck into the top 10 movies of 2022 at number 10.
To finish off the top 5 is the new sequel to the long running Jackass series which stars Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O.
What is reported to be the last movie, maybe because of the age of the principle cast, the movie makes its debut with $28.7 Million from just 10 countries.
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