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US Box Office Weekend Report 7th - 9th August 2020: Shia LaBeouf stars in The Tax Collector which tops the unofficial box office in North America on its debut weekend

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The Tax Collector
This week sees the return on Shia LaBeouf to the box office in The Tax Collector which makes its way onto the few hundred cinemas and drive-ins that are open across the country and takes the top spot on its debut.

There are a number of new released hitting the top 5 this week and all are available on VOD streaming services as well as at selected cinemas as seems to be the 'new normal' which the world is experiencing at the moment.

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movies in America for weekend 7th - 9th August 2020.

The Tax Collector

Directed by David Ayer this action movie makes its debut at the top of the box office knocking The Rental from the top after residing there for a couple of weeks.

the movie takes $309.6K on its debut which is slightly higher that The Rental did last week at the top.

The Rental

The Dave Franco directed movie falls to number 2 this week after a couple of weeks at the top with $123.7K over the weekend.

The movie now joins the growing number of movies that have made over a million dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic with $1.1 Million total gross after 3 weeks of release.

Peninsula

Peninsula

Sang-ho Yeon delivers his sequel to the highly praised zombie movie Train to Busan which makes its debut on the US box office at number 3 this week with $118.6K.

The Big Ugly

The Vinnie Jones starring action movie goes back into the top 5 this week with $71.6K, the movies total US gross is $446.2K after 3 weeks of release.

Made In Italy

Liam Neeson is back in this romantic comedy directed by James D'Arcy which takes $33.9K on its debut weekend of release.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. The Tax Collector - $309,694
  2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - $174,000
  3. The Rental - $140,725
  4. Jurassic Park - $138,000
  5. Inside Out - $120,000
  6. Peninsula - $118,647
  7. The Big Ugly - $71,690
  8. Becky - $39,081
  9. Made In Italy - $33,998
  10. The Burnt Orange Heresy - $26,173
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