Is there a new number one on the US Top Movie charts? Well it’s time we check in at the US box office and find out. There are three new entries including a brand new movie at the top. Crazy Rich Asians takes it with movie theatre revenue of $26.5m no doubt pleasing Warner Bros. Let us now take a look at the rest of the chart, here are the figures in full for the US Movie Charts August 17 2018.
US Movie Charts August 17 2018
(Box office results this weekend)
| Movie | Distributor | Gross | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | Crazy Rich Asians | Warner Bros | $26,510,140 |
| 2 | (1) | The Meg | Warner Bros | $21,151,012 |
| 3 | New | Mile 22 | STX Entertainment | $13,710,825 |
| 4 | (2) | Mission: Impossible Fallout | Paramount Pictures | $10,773,347 |
| 5 | New | Alpha | Sony Pictures | $10,352,512 |
| 6 | (3) | Christopher Robin | Walt Disney | $8,861,530 |
| 7 | (5) | BlacKkKlansman | Focus Features | $7,383,195 |
| 8 | (4) | Slender Man | Sony Pictures | $4,801,712 |
| 9 | (9) | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony Pictures | $3,768,479 |
| 10 | (7) | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | Universal | $3,405,405 |
| Total | $110,718,157 | |||
| Other | ||||
| 11 | (8) | The Equalizer 2 | Sony Pictures | $2,863,549 |
| 12 | (10) | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Walt Disney | $2,646,856 |
| 13 | (6) | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | $2,617,298 |
That new number one film means last week’s top placed movie The Meg starring Jason Statham slips to number two taking $21.1m. Mile 22 enters at three managing $13.7m whilst Alpha takes the number five slot managing just $10.3m.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout slips from two to four whilst Christopher Robin tumbles from three to six but has now taken over $66 million.
Movies leaving the top 10 include Denzel Washington’s The Equalizer 2, superhero flick Ant-Man and the Wasp and comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me.
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We will leave it there for now, that just about concludes the US Movie Charts August 17 2018 don’t forget to check back next week to see if Crazy Rich Asians can hold on to the number one spot. I’ll leave you with a couple of movie trailers starting with Alpha…
And now for Crazy Rich Asians
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