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Global Box Office Weekend Report 26th - 28th May 2023: Live action The Little Mermaid makes its debut at the top with a $163 Million global weekend

Global Box Office Weekend Report 26th - 28th May 2023:  Live action The Little Mermaid makes its debut at the top with a $163 Million global weekend
The Little Mermaid
Disney's latest live action movie The Little Mermaid gets a release in 52 countries and takes £163.8 Million to makes its debut at the top of the global box office.

Also new this weekend is The Machine at 6, About My Father at number 7, Kandahar at number 9, Rohan Kishibe Goes to the Louvre at 10 and finally The Roundup: No Way Out on preview release enters at number 12.

Global Box Office QuickView

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th May 2023

The Little Mermaid~2023

The Little Mermaid

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.
  • The movie is release in 52 Countries globally this weekend
  • It has a total gross of $163,800,000 over 1 week in cinemas
  • The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023

Fast X

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $110,276,000 over the weekend, a 65% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $507,261,340 over 2 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 85 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Fast & Furious 9 which took $229,025,000 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $45,050,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $731,025,817 over 4 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 53 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $702,973,850 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $19,378,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $1,276,706,975 over 8 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 82 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

Godspeed

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
  • It grosses $6,861,300 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $146,611,000 over 5 weeks in cinemas
  • The movie is release in 7 Countries globally this weekend
  • The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023
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