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US Box Office Weekend 12 - 14 October 2018: Venom and A Star Is Born stay ahead of the weeks new releases

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Venom
Venom stays at the top of the US box office this week with A Star Is Born staying at number 2, while new entries First Man and Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween follow at 3 and 4.

First Man

Venom

The Tom Hardy starring super villain movie manages to stay ahead of the crowd for a second weekend and remain at the top with a $35 million gross.

This brings the Reuben Fleischer directed Marvel films total gross after 10 days of release to $142.8 million.

A Star Is Born

Remaining in the runner up spot this week is the Bradley Cooper directed remake starring Lady Gaga which takes $28 million on its second weekend.

The film is just shy of the $100 million mark after 10 days with a US gross of $94.1 million.

First Man

Highest new entry of the week comes in at 3, the potential Oscar glory film starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Damien Chazelle, the film about the first man on the moon takes $16.5 million on its debut.

Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween

lighthearted spooks is the order of the day at 4 with the sequel new entry starring Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jack Black.

The film from the successful series of books of the same name takes $16.2 million on its debut weekend.

Smallfoot

The lighthearted family comedy has been on the chart now for 3 weeks and takes $9.3 million to boost its total US gross to $57.6 million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Venom - $35,006,107
  2. A Star Is Born - $28,445,205
  3. First Man - $16,006,065
  4. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween - $15,802,225
  5. Smallfoot - $9,066,837
  6. Night School - $7,751,255
  7. Bad Times At the El Royale - $7,132,647
  8. The House With a Clock In Its Walls - $3,844,240
  9. The Hate U Give - $1,736,842
  10. The Nun - $1,345,355
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