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The Super Mario Bros. Movie spends a third straight weekend at the top of the US box office with a small drop of 37% over last weekend as its total gross nears $500 Million.
The top new movie of the weekend is Evil Dead Rise, a successor, of sorts, to Army of Darkness. The movie looks set to spark a new era in the long running series which original director Sam Raimi has expressed an interest in returning to.
Director Guy Ritchies new movie The Covenant is a new entry at number 3, starring Jake Gyllenhaal the movie takes $6 Million on its debut.
John Wick: Chapter 4 drops to number 4 this weekend and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves drop to 5 while Chevalier is new at 11 with $1.5 Million and Somewhere In Queens is at 12 with $681,770.
US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 21st - 23rd April 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- The movie remains at Number 1 on this weekends US box office
- It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the US box office.
- It grosses $58,230,000 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $434,329,610 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
Evil Dead Rise
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
- It grosses $23,500,000 over the weekend on its debut
- The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $4,424,535 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.
The Covenant~2023
- The movie is a new entry at Number 3 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $6,282,787 over its debut weekend
John Wick: Chapter 4
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $5,750,000 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $168,880,254 over 5 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 $148,626,905 at the box office after 5 weeks of release.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- The movie goes up the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $5,400,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $82,187,245 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023
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