The Micheal Jackson bio-pic returns to the top of the North American box office, in a surprise move, on its fourth weekend of release replacing
The Devil Wears Prada 2 after a couple of weeks while
Obsession is the top new movie at 3.
US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th May 2026
- The movie goes up the chart to Number 1 on this weekends US box office
- It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
- It grosses $26,140,937 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $282,812,764 after 4 weekends of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $17,850,733 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $175,712,929 after 3 weekends of release
- The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took $83,490,860 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
- It grosses $17,196,855 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $17,196,855 after 1 weekends of release
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $13,400,638 over the weekend, a 65% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $62,233,170 after 2 weekends of release
- The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Mortal Kombat which took $34,087,000 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $9,574,847 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $29,915,930 after 2 weekends of release
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