The new MCU movie,
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, hits the top of the global box office on its opening weekend of release as it hits 53 countries.
Animated hit movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie falls from the top into the runner up spot on its 4th weekend of release with the movies total gross now up to $1.15 Billion.
Chinese movie Godspeed stays at 3 as does Evil Dead Rise while Born to Fly drops to number 5.
Global Box Office QuickView
Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th May 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
- It grosses $282,100,000 on its debut weekend
- The movie is release in 53 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023
- The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $99,873,547 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $68,882,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $1,155,298,705 over 5 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 81 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
Godspeed
- The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $15,445,100 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $98,737,200 over 2 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 3 Countries globally this weekend
Evil Dead Rise
- The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $14,830,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $114,801,490 over 3 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 64 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $99,873,547 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
Born to Fly
- The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $11,440,000 over the weekend, a 72% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $92,852,247 over 2 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 6 Countries globally this weekend
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