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US Box Office report Weekend 7th - 9th September 2018: The Nun scares audiences in the run up to Halloween as it enters the North American box office at the top

US Box Office report Weekend 7th - 9th September 2018:  The Nun scares audiences in the run up to Halloween as it enters the North American box office at the top
The Nun
Continuing the Conjuring series this week The Nun takes on the box office and wins with the second highest opening gross for a September movie in the US. peppermint

The film manages the highest opening of the series so far with a $53 million weekend and should keep up some momentum until Halloween which is still 6 weeks away.

Falling to number 2 this week after a 3 week run at the top is Crazy Rich Asians, a $13 .6 million weekend brings the films total US gross to $136.2 million

New at number 3 is Peppermint from director Pierre Morel who directed Taken and stars Jennifer Garner, the film takes $13.2 million on its debut.

The Meg has been around for 5 weeks now and this weeks takes $6 million which places it at 4, the films total US gross is $131.5 million.

Falling to number 5 this week is Searching which takes $4.5 million to bring its total gross to $14.3 million after 2 weeks.

The top total grossing film on the US box office this week is Mission:Impossible Fallout which has taken $212.1 million so far and has been out for 7 weeks.

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