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World Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th October 2020: Not a lot changes as the Chinese box office still leads the way with Hollywood following behind

World Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th October 2020:  Not a lot changes as the Chinese box office still leads the way with Hollywood following behind
My People, My Homeland
The two big Chinese hits My People, My Homeland and Legend Of Deification are still the biggest films across the globe this weekend but The Wars With Grandpa and Greenland make good ground as they open in more countries.

Here is the global box office top 15 Quickview.

  • Number 1 - My People, My Homeland (2 weeks)
  • Highest debut - NONE
  • Longest run - Trolls World Tour (24 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Tenet ($323,500,000)

This weeks global top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th October 2020.

My People, My Homeland

This Chinese smash sequel from directors Hao Ning and Sicheng Chen stays at the top for a second weekend with $41.1 Million, 73% down from last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross globally of $312.1 Million.

Legend Of Deification

Remaining at number 2 for a second weekend is the animated tale from directors Teng Cheng and Li Wei which takes $11.3 Million, a 93% drop from last weekend.

The movie has now taken $163.2 Million globally, but its only been released in China so far!

Tenet

Loosing momentum but still at number 3, Christopher Nolans movie takes $9.8 Million over the weekend, a 31% drop, for a total of $323.5 Million.

The War With Grandpa

The War With Grandpa

The Robert De Niro starring movie gets a US release this week and goes back up to number 4 with $9.8 Million, 86% up from last weekend, giving it a total global gross of $5.4 Million.

Greenland

The latest Gerard Butler movie is getting a direct to VOD release in many parts of the world but where it is out its doing well and goes up to number 5 this weekend with $2.8 Million, up 83%.

The movie has taken $29 Million globally after 10 weeks of release.

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