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Global Box Office Figures Weekend 4th - 6th January 2019:  Bumblebee knocks Aquaman off the top spot at the global box office

Global Box Office Figures Weekend 4th - 6th January 2019: Bumblebee knocks Aquaman off the top spot at the global box office

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Bumblebee
This week saw the launch of the origin Transformers movie in China and the boost gave the film enough to top the global chart knocking Aquaman from the top despite the DC movie nearing a billion in grosses.

Aquaman

Bumblebee

With an $82 million debut in China the Transformers movie moves to the top spot on the global box office with a weekend gross of $95 million from 63 countries.

This brings the films total global gross to $289.1 million.

Aquaman

The DC Universe movie has been a mega smash across the globe and takes $86.9 million this weekend from 79 countries but falls from the top to number 2.

The film is nearly at a billion dollars with $940 million and will reach the milestone by next weekend.

Mary Poppins Returns

The Mary Poppins sequel has not been the global hit Disney may have been looking for, but a $38.7 million weekend from 47 countries puts the film at number 3.

The films total gross now sits at $258 million after 3 weeks of release.

Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2

The Disney film falls to number 4 this week with $29.6 million from 32 countries which brings its total gross to $404 million.

Spider-Man Into The Spider-verse

The animated feature takes $24.7 million this weekend from 61 countries, this boosts the Sony movies total to $275.2 million.

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