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World Box Office Analysis 20th - 22nd September 2019: Ad Asta hits the top on its global debut weekend of release dropping IT Chapter 2 into third place

World Box Office Analysis 20th - 22nd September 2019:  Ad Asta hits the top on its global debut weekend of release dropping IT Chapter 2 into third place
Ad Astra
Sci-Fi drama Ad Astra makes its global debut at the top of the box office while Downton Abbey also does well as it expands it terretory count while IT Chapter Two drops to third place.

Ad Astra

Making its global box office debut at the top is this deep space exploration movie starring Brad Pitt which takes $45.2 Million over the weekend from 45 countries.

It is a fantastic debut for the James Gray movie and with Oscar being mentioned in the same breath as the movie it could see itself last the rest of the year on the box office.

Downton Abbey

The British aristocrats movie adds more location to its tally and climbs to number 2 on the global box office on its second weekend of release with $41 Million from 33 countries.

This pushes the Michael Engler directed movies total global gross to $61.8 Million.

IT Chapter Two

The Pennywise sequel falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $38.5 Million from 79 countries which pushes the films total to $385 Million after 3 weeks of release.

The film will fall far short of the originals $700 Million total global gross.

Rambo: Last Blood

Rambo: Last Blood

Sylvester Stallone brings one of his most iconic characters to the big screen for one last time and despite a critical panning the film has still entered the box office at number 4 with $28.1 Million from 34 countries.

Hustlers

The Jennifer Lopez starring movie is not only getting critical praise but also getting Oscar mentions for its star as the film falls to number 5 on its second weekend of release with a gross of $20 Million from 19 countries.

This pushes the film total global gross to $73.2 Million.

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