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US Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th July 2021: Black Widow lands at the top of the box office on its debut

US Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th July 2021:  Black Widow lands at the top of the box office on its debut
Black Widow
Disney and Marvel finally release their first movie at the box office in 18 months in the shape of Black Widow and score another number 1 hit movie

With such a strong release no other studio has released anything in competition so it is the only new release on the top 15 this weekend.

Also worth a note is this weeks US box office is the highest grossing top 15 since late 2019 when war movie 1917 made its debut.

US box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Black Widow (1st Weeekend)
  • Highest debut - Black Widow (@1)
  • Longest run - A Quiet Place Part II (7 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - A Quiet Place Part II ($150 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th July 2021

Black Widow

Black Widow

It may have been a delayed release by well over a year but the new MCU movie hits the top of the US bod office with ease taking a pandemic beating $80 Million.

The movie also made another $60 Million on the Disney+ streaming service where viewers had to pay another $30 to see the movie, although this was more 24 hours after its theatrical release.

The movie is already the fifth top grossing movie of 2021.

Fast & Furious 9

Falling from the top to number 2 is the ninth The Fast Saga movie which takes $10.8 Million this weekend, a 55% drop over last weekend.

Over 3 weeks of release the movie has now taken $141.3 Million, it is currently the second top movie is 2021.

The Boss Baby 2

Falling to number 3 this weekend is the animated sequel which takes $8.7 Million on its second weekend of release, a 50% drop, giving it a $34.7 Million total.

The Forever Purge

The Forever Purge

Falling to number 4 this week is the fifth movie in The Purge series which takes $6.7 Million, a 47% drop, giving the movie a 2 week total of $27.4 Million.

A Quiet Place Part II

The John Krasinski directed movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $3 Million, a 29% drop over last weekend.

The movie has been on the chart for 7 weeks now, all in the top 5, and is the top grossing movie in the US for 2021 with $150.7 Million.

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