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World Box Office Weekend Report 13th - 15th May 2022: Doctor Strange 2 stays at the top for a second weekend while Firestarter is the top new movie

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Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
With the summer season just starting we are between blockbusters at the moment and with Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness seemingly set to stay at the top until late May so we get a new release at number 5 with the remake of Firestarter.

World box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (2nd weekend)
  • Highest debut - Firestarter~2022 (@5)
  • Longest run - The Bad Guys (9 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness ($688 Million)

World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 13th - 15th May 2022

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

As with most MCU movie that have such a massive opening weekend the sequel movie to Doctor Strange is no different as it drop 68% on its second weekend.

Still released in 50 countries the movie takes $144.5 Million to give the movie a total $688 Million after 2 weekends of release.

The Bad Guys

Still sitting at number 2 this weekend after a fairly staggered global release is the animated feature from DreamWorks which is released in 67 countries still and takes $13.6 Million on its 9th weekend.

This only a 20% drop after such a lengthy run at the global box office, it gives the movie a total of $165.5 Million.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The video game based movie climbs back up the global box office one place with the movie showing in 62 countries it takes $9.8 Million over the weekend, a 32% drop.

The movie, which is not the highest grossing video game adapted movie of all time, has taken an amazing $362.8 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Another big fall for the third Fantastic Beasts movie which drop 57% over last weekend from a huge 75 countries.

The weekend gross of the film is $6.3 Million giving it a total global gross of $376 Million.

Firestarter

Firestarter

Highest new entry of the weekend comes in at number 5 as the (pointless!) remake of the 1984 movie Firestarter makes its debut with $5.8 Million from 41 countries.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

  1. Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness - $144,503,000
  2. The Bad Guys - $13,606,000
  3. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $9,850,000
  4. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - $6,320,000
  5. Firestarter - $5,874,000
  6. Shin Ultraman - $5,442,715
  7. The Lost City - $4,730,000
  8. Everything Everywhere All At Once - $4,664,120
  9. The Northman - $4,193,000
  10. Don - $4,041,510
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