Sequel movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods makes its debut on the US box office chart this week and despite good reviews takes a debut gross far lower than expected, and far lower than the original movie.

Also new this weekend is Moving On at number 12 with $821,961 and Inside at number 13 with $510,110.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th March 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

Sequel to the 2019 movie Shazam! this followup sees the start of the end of the current DCEU before new head James Gunn takes over with a new roster of movies.

A disappointing start to the movies box office run despite making its debut at the top, but with good WOM it could see a long run on the chart.

• The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 week at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $30,111,158 on its debut weekened
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Shazam! which took $56,830,326 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

After making its debut at the top last weekend with a series high debut the Scream series movie falls to number 2 this weekend with $17.3 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.

The movie is still outgrossing the 2002 Scream by nearly $25 Million.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $17,334,035 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $75,863,319 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Scream which took $51,161,567 at the box office after 2 weeks of release.

The Rocky spin off sequel movie falls to number 3 this weekend as its gross goes to $127 Million and looks set to be the highest of the Creed series.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $15,377,310 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $127,704,446 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Creed II which took $96,124,564 at the box office after 3 weeks of release.

The Adam Driver vehicle drops to number 4 this weekend and looks set to fall out of the chart in the next couple of weeks taking in the region of $30 Million.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $5,850,714 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $22,478,109 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023

The start of the MCU Phase 5 has got off the a bit of a rocky start as the third of the Ant-Man movies falls to number 5 this weekend with a total gross of just over $200 Million, it will end of as one of the lowest grossing MCU movies.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $4,217,709 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $205,980,059 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp which took $195,645,935 at the box office after 5 weeks of release.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

1. Shazam! Fury of the Gods - $30,111,158
2. Scream VI - $17,334,035
3. Creed III - $15,377,310
4. 65 - $5,850,714
5. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - $4,217,709
6. Cocaine Bear - $3,957,585
7. Jesus Revolution - $3,484,323
8. Champions - $3,107,025
9. Avatar: The Way of Water - $2,098,036
10. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - $1,549,420

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