Despite being a celebrated director M. Night Shyamalan hasn't had the easiest of times with his movies, but last year he hit the big time again with Split and now he hits the top with a sequel or sorts.
The film makes its debut at number 1 knocking The Upside off with $40.5 million, which is a touch above Split's debut.
Falling to number 2 this week after a single week at the top the comedy drama takes $15.6 million to boost its total to $43.9 million after 2 weekends.
Still riding high this week is the DC Universe movie which has turned into the biggest grossing movie from the comic book series.
The film takes $10.3 million this week which pushes its US total past the $300 million mark to $304.3 million.
The smash hit animation goes wider this week and goes to number 4 with a $8.7 million weekend which brings its total US gross to $19.5 million.
The Animated film from Sony continues its incredible run on the box office sitting at number 5 this week with $7.25 million which brings its total US gross to $158.2 million.
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