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US Box Office Analysis 3 - 5 January 2020: The Rise Of Skywalker remains at the top while The Grudge remake is the top new film at 4

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker remains at the top for another weekend while the highest new film of the weekend is the 2020 remake of The Grudge at number 4.

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Remaining at the top of the US box office is the JJ Abrams saga film Star Wars movie which takes $33.7 Million on its 3rd weekend of release.

This pushes the films total US box office take to $450.7 Million, an excellent take but the lowest of the sequel trilogy movies to date.

Jumanji: The Next Level

The Jake Kasdan directed trilogy movie is at number 2 this weekend with a take of $26.5 Million.

The film total US take of $236.2 Million after 4 weeks of release, this is far lower than the previous film and the film will most likely not reach the heights of that film.

Little Women

The Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson starring retelling of the classic novel is at number 3 this weekend with $13.5 Million pushing its total to $60 Million after 2 weeks.

The Grudge (2020)

The Grudge

A new year and a new remake as the Japanese horror classic gets its second Hollywood treatment.

The film makes its US debut with $11.3 Million and sites at number 4 on its debut.

Frozen II

The smash hit sequel movie is at number 5 this week with a weekend gross of $11.2 Million and a total gross of $449.8 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Parasite

The Chinese award winning movie is the longest running film on the US box office this week with 13 weeks in total, it has a US gross of $23.9 Million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - $34,524,815
  2. Jumanji: The Next Level - $26,227,346
  3. Little Women - $13,612,373
  4. Frozen II - $11,854,169
  5. The Grudge - $11,404,113
  6. Spies In Disguise - $10,396,460
  7. Knives Out - $8,916,416
  8. Uncut Gems - $7,570,205
  9. Bombshell - $4,084,056
  10. Cats - $2,630,135
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