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US Box Office Weekend Report 5th - 7th May 2023: Guardians of the Galaxy 3 makes its debut with $114 Million on the US box office

US Box Office Weekend Report 5th - 7th May 2023: Guardians of the Galaxy 3 makes its debut with $114 Million on the US box office
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The shining star of the MCU might seemingly be starting to fade, but with the relese of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 we get a new number one movie with a debut gross of $114 Million.

This is lower that the second movie in the series but a bit higher than Guardians of the Galaxy from 2014, time will tell how the movie does long term.

After an amazing 4 weeks at the top The Super Mario Bros. Movie drop to number 2 with a weekend gross of $18.6 Million taking its US gross to over the $500 Million milestone, making it the 19th top grossing movie ever in the US.

Doing better than anyone could have expected horror movie Evil Dead Rise is at 3 this weekend with $5.7 Million taking its total gross to $54 Million after 3 weeks.

Outside the top 5 there is a new entry for Love Again at 6 with $2.1 Million while the rest of the top 15 is dominated by holdover movies.

US Box Office QuickView

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th May 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $114,000,000 on its debut weekend in the US
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $146,510,104 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $18,600,000 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $518,127,705 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is the 19th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

Evil Dead Rise

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $5,730,000 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $54,101,490 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $9,547,050 at the box office after 3 weeks of release.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $3,380,000 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $12,647,414 over 2 weeks of release

John Wick: Chapter 4

  • The movie remains at Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $2,359,000 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $180,056,266 over 7 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum which took $161,315,088 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.
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