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World Box Office Weekend 21st - 23rd December 2018: Aquaman stars top film globally as it opens in more countries

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Aquaman
Aquaman continues to dominate the globe as the film opens in more countries despite competition from Mary Poppins and Bumblebee.

Bumblebee

Aquaman

Remaining at the top of the global box office for a third weekend the film opens in more countries taking its count to 70 territories.

This weeks total is 4158.7 million which brings the films total global gross to $482.8 million which means it will pass $500 million by next weekend.

Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse

The animated film is at number 2 this week with a global gross of $54 million from 53 countries which brings its total to $129 million.

Bumblebee

Highest new film of the week is the Transformers Origin movie Bumblebee which opens in 38 countries.

The Travis Knight directed movie take a cool $53 million on its debut weekend.

Mary Poppins Returns

Making its global debut at number 4 this week is Disneys sequel which was 54 years in the making.

Director Rob Marshall Following on from the Original Mary Poppins and the sequel is released in 17 countries so far and takes $42 million.

The Grinch

The seasonal Dr Seuss film takes $31 million from 68 countries this weekend to bring its total to $422 million.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

  1. Aquaman - $158,700,000
  2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - $54,700,000
  3. Bumblebee - $52,100,000
  4. Mary Poppins Returns - $42,535,000
  5. The Grinch - $31,880,000
  6. Bohemian Rhapsody - $16,869,275
  7. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 - $13,899,000
  8. Airpocalypse - $12,941,000
  9. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - $8,260,000
  10. Kung-Fu Monster - $8,078,000
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