For potentially one last weekend
The Super Mario Bros. Movie hangs onto the top slot, a place it has been for 4 weeks taking a further $40 Million to push its gross to nearly $500 Million.
Next weekend sees the release of the next Marvel movie which should, with ease, top the box office.
The highest new movie of the weekend makes its debut at 3 in that shape of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret which takes $6.8 Million on its debut.
A release to celebrate 40 years since it first appeared in cinemas has Star Wars: Return of the Jedi making a new entry at number 5 with $4.7 Million.
Further down the box office there is a new entry for Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two which takes $3.8 Million at number 8 and Sisu is new at 10 with $3.2 Million.
Outside the top 10 there is a new entry for Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World at 11 with $3 Million and the British movie Polite Society which slides in at 15 with $800,000.
US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 28th - 30th April 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- The movie remains at Number 1 on this weekends US box office
- It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the US box office.
- It grosses $40,000,000 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $490,015,825 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
Evil Dead Rise
- The movie remains at Number 2 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $12,200,000 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $44,416,000 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023
- The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $7,800,345 at the box office after 2 weeks of release.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
- It grosses $6,800,000 on its debut weekend
John Wick: Chapter 4
- The movie remains at Number 4 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $5,000,000 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $176,155,296 over 6 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 $156,067,424 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
- The movie is a new entry at Number 5 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $4,694,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $4,694,000 on its re-release debut
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