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World Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th March 2020: Pixar hit the top with their new movie Onward while Ben Affleck also enters high in The Way Back

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Onward
Pixar hit the top of the global box office once again with their new movie Onward which knocks The Invisible Man off the top meaning it spends just a week at the summit, meanwhile The Way Back with Ben Affleck makes a new entry at 5.

Onward

Pixar bring to the world a brand new story in the shape of this fantasy tale of two brothers looking to bring their father back for 24 hours.

The movie takes a very respectable $68 Million globally on its debut from 48 countries, this is no Toy Story but the Pixar name has brought in a good audience.

Also worth taking into to consideration is the global threat of the coronavirus which is keeping people away from movie theatres across the globe.

The Invisible Man

Falling from the top after a single week is the monster movie starring Elisabeth Moss which takes $35.4 Million from 66 countries.

This pushes the movies total gross to $98.2 Million, it will go over $100 Million in the next few days.

Sonic The Hedgehog

The video game adaptation starring Jim Carrey falls a single place to number 3 this week with $20 Million from 63 countries to bring its total to $295.6 Million, it could go over $300 Million before next weekend.

The Call Of The Wild

The Harrison Ford starring movie falls to number 4 this week with $11.8 Million from 48 countries giving it a $99.5 Million total, it should get to $100 Million in the next day or so.

The Way Back

The Way Back

Finally on the top 5 is this new release starring Ben Affleck which lands at 5 with $9.1 Million from 15 countries.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

  1. Onward - $68,000,000
  2. The Invisible Man - $32,450,000
  3. Sonic the Hedgehog - $20,000,000
  4. The Call of the Wild - $11,800,000
  5. The Way Back - $9,140,000
  6. Emma. - $6,500,000
  7. Bad Boys For Life - $5,850,000
  8. The Gentlemen - $5,280,000
  9. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - $4,060,000
  10. Parasite - $3,905,600
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