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US Box Office Weekend Report 5th - 7th February 2021: The Little Things remains at the top over the SuperBowl weekend with $2 Million gross

US Box Office Weekend Report 5th - 7th February 2021:  The Little Things remains at the top over the SuperBowl weekend with $2 Million gross
The Little Things
It was the SuperBowl in America this last weekend and traditionally the box office suffered, but in the current COVID-19 climate it was worse than normal.

Top of the box office was once again The Little Things and with no new films inside the top 10 the top 5 movies once again just jumped around a bit.

The highest new movie of the week is Earwig and the Witch which entered at number 12 although there was a re-release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring which entered at number 8.

US box office Quickview

  • Number 1 - The Little Things (2nd weekend)
  • Highest debut - Earwig And The Witch (@12)
  • Longest run - The War With Grandpa (18 weeks)*
  • Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($45,939,795)*
  • *Not including re-releases

US top 5 box office breakdown weekend 5th - 7th February 2021.

The Little Things

Remaining at the top for a second weekend the Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto starring movie made $2.1 Million this weekend, 55% down from its debut last weekend.

This takes the movies total box office gross to $7.8 Million, the movie is also available on HBO Max.

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

Remaining at number 2 for another weekend the animated sequel movie takes $1.68 Million on its 11th weekend of release, only 8% down from last weeekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $45.9 Million, and the movie has been available on digital streaming for over a month now.

The Marksman

Liam Neeson is one of the only actors to have has 2 movies released during the COVID-19 cinema closures, and this week his latest movie takes $959,585, 23% down from last weekend, the movie also jumps 1 place this week to number 3.

After 4 weeks the movie has taken $9 Million, the actors last movie, Honest Thief, had taken $11.17 Million byt the same point in its run.

Wonder Woman 1984

The DC Universe super hero sequel falls to number 4 this weekend with $905,000, a 30% drop from last week, this gives the movie a 7 week gross of $40.3 Million.

Its also worth noting that this movie also got a release on HBO Max the same day as its theatrical release.

Monster Hunter~2020

The Paul W.S. Anderson directed movie has now been on the box office for 7 weeks and this week remains at number 5 with a weekend gross of $391,990, this is 28% down from last week and gives the movie a total of $10.87 Million.

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