World Box Office Weekend Report 14th - 16th August 2020: First Harry Potter movie tops the box office 19 years later with a massive China re-release debut

In this period of time when there are no new movies (just yet) getting released and studios are re-releasing 'classic' catalogue films in an attempt to get people back to movie theatres a 19 year old Harry Potter movie tops the global box office this week.

We are still a couple of weeks away from the much anticipated Tenet, being championed as the saviour of cinema, so the box office is largely filled with re-releases and low budget horror movies, and with China and Japan seemingly getting back to something near normal there are many films from those territories doing very well.

Here is the top 5 worldwide weekend breakdown 14th - 16th August 2020.

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

The first Harry Potter movie (replace Philosopher's for Sorcerers outside the UK) gets a 4K 3D rerelease in China and take $13.6 Million in the process making it the top gross global movie of the weekend.

The movie up to Sunday had taken a global gross of $996.1 Million but after a blockbuster Monday at the box office the movie has now taken over a Billion dollars in global grosses.

Bad Boys For Life

The Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop movie get a Chinese release and takes $3.2 Million on its opening weekend meaning its a re-entry on the global box office at number 2.

The movie has now taken $424.6 Million globally since its release back in mid January of 2020.

Doraemon The Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur

Doraemon is a long running animated series in Japan and this week the latest movie in the series goes up to number 3 with a weekend gross of $2.6 Million.

The movie directed by Kazuaki Imai has now taken $15.5 Million in global grosses.

The Eight Hundred

Acclaimed Chinese director Hu Guan's war epic is at number 4 this week as his latest movie makes its debut in China with a weekend gross of $2 Million.

Interstellar

Christopher Nolan's 2014 movie about space travel across the galaxy falls to number 5 with a global gross of $1.7 Million taking to movies total gross to $710.5 Million.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - $13,650,000
2. Bad Boys For Life - $3,203,015
3. Doraemon The Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur - $2,687,468
4. The Eight Hundred - $2,000,000
5. Interstellar - $1,700,000
6. The Confidence Man JP: Princess - $1,561,258
7. 1917 - $1,307,054
8. Yowamushi Pedal - $1,298,755
9. Unhinged - $1,158,002
10. Sheep Without a Shepherd - $1,100,000

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