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US Box Office Weekend Report 24th - 26th April 2026: Micheal, the Michael Jackson biopic, tops the North American box office with an excellent debut just under $100 Million

US Box Office Weekend Report 24th - 26th April 2026:  Micheal, the Michael Jackson biopic, tops the North American box office with an excellent debut just under $100 Million
Michael
Michael tops the North American box office on its debut weekend with just over $97 Million knocking The Super Mario Galaxy Movie down to number 2.

US Box Office QuickView

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th April 2026

Michael

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It has a total gross of $97,206,874 after 1 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2026

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $20,583,580 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $385,876,730 after 4 weekends of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie which took $490,851,630 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $12,844,136 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $305,067,658 after 6 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026

Lee Cronin's the Mummy

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $5,501,140 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $23,322,828 after 2 weekends of release

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $2,648,086 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $44,803,603 after 4 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2026
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