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It’s not often a horror movie tops the Box Office and receives lots of critical acclaim, but Get Out has done just that.

The comedy-horror film – which stars Daniel Kaluuya (Black Mirror, Skins) and Girls’ Alison Williams – has soared to the top of the US Box Office $30,524,435 this weekend.

It knocked the Lego Batman Movie from the top spot in its third week in the charts.

The film stars the voice talents of Will Arnett and Michael Cera and fell to the second spot and earned considerably less this weekend, taking $19 million.

In the third spot, Keanu Reeve’s John Wick: Chapter Two jumped up a place after earning $9 million, while The Great Wall fell a slot to come in fourth.

Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, fell three places from two to five after that Valentine’s Day rush.

Fist Fight, the comedy starring Ice Cube and Charlie Day got the sixth spot in the chart.

Meanwhile Hidden Figures, the highest-charting Oscar nominated film, got the sixth spot. It stars Viola Davis and follows three African-American women’s contributions to the space race of the 1960s.

La La Land, the favourite for Best Picture at tonight’s (February 26) show, is still in the top ten in its twelfth week in the chart.

Split, starring James McAvoy, is also still clinging on at number 9, while the final Oscar nominee, Lion, rounds out the list at number 10.

Check out the Feb. 24-26 box office estimates below:

1. Get Out – $30.5 million
2. The LEGO Batman Movie – $19 million
3. John Wick: Chapter 2 – $9 million
4. The Great Wall – $8.7 million
5. Fifty Shades Darker – $7.7 million
6. Fist Fight – $6.4 million
7. Hidden Figures – $5.9 million
8. La La Land – $4.6 million
9. Split – $4.1 million
10. Lion – $3.8 million

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Fifty Shades Darker may be the film of choice for S&M lovers, but that hasn’t stopped it from getting another good spanking from The LEGO Batman Movie in this week’s US box office.

The second cinematic outing of EL James’ franchise failed to take the top spot for a second week running, with The LEGO Batman Movie taking in almost twice as much as Christian Grey and Ana Steele’s latest kink-fest.

The LEGO Batman Movie stars Will Arnett and Michael Cera and follows the adventures of Bruce Wayne and his adopted son Dick Grayson, and it certainly seems to be hitting all the right notes with cinema goers, taking an impressive $34.2million at the box office this week.

Falling significantly short of those takings was Fifty Shades Darker, which charted in the number two position for a second week running with $20.9million – but it still managed to beat Matt Damon’s The Great Wall, which took just over $18million in its first week of release.

Dropping to four was Keanu Reeves’ second outing as the titular much-wanted assassin in John Wick: Chapter 2 with $16.5million, while rounding out the top five was Ice Cube and Charlie Day’s high school comedy Fist Fight, earning a respectable $12million.

Batman may have reigned supreme once again this week, but it was a tougher week for our off-screen heroes, as many of this year’s Oscar nominees dropped down the charts.

Taraji P Henson, Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer’s Hidden Figures dropped out of the top 5 this week, falling to 6th place after taking another $7.1million, and La La Land fell to nine after taking another $4,500,000 this week.

Elsewhere in the top 10, M Night Shyamalan’s Split is still going strong despite dropping three places into the 7th position and earned itself another $7million, while A Dog’s Purpose took $4.6million to place 8th and A Cure for Wellness is a new entry at 10, taking $4.2million.

Check out the three-day Feb. 17-19 weekend box office estimates below:

1. The LEGO Batman Movie – $34.2 million
2. Fifty Shades Darker – $21 million
3. The Great Wall – $18.1 million
4. John Wick: Chapter 2 – $16.5 million
5. Fist Fight – $12 million
6. Hidden Figures – $7.1 million
7. Split – $7 million
8. A Dog’s Purpose – $5.6 million
9. La La Land – $4.5 million
10. A Cure for Wellness – $4.2 million

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It’s the third week running for M. Night Shyamalan’s Split at the top of the US Box Office, earning more than $14.5 million to keep it firmly at number one.

The film follows the many, many personalities of lead actor James McAvoy, and has fought off the competition from a range of other massive films.

At number two, psychological horror Rings, the second sequel to The Ring after, um, The Ring Two debuted making $13 million in its opening weekend.

A Dog’s Purpose fell a spot to number three, after it was ruled that the controversial video that alleged animal abuse on-set was a fake.

Award-winning Hidden Figures, the film which follows the role of three African-American women in the space missions, also dropped a spot to come in at number four.

La La Land remained at number five as the Oscars get ever closer. The film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone has been nominated for the most Academy Awards ever (tying with Titanic and All About Eve).

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter fell to number six in its second week of release.

Meanwhile the musical animation Sing stayed at number seven.

Horror movie Lion cracked the top ten in its eleventh week of release, managing to go from number 14 to number eight.

The Space Between Us, starring Gary Oldman, debuted at number nine while finally, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage rounds out the top ten.

Check out the Feb. 3-5 box office estimates below:

1. Split – $14.6 million
2. Rings – $13 million
3. A Dog’s Purpose – $10.8 million
4. Hidden Figures – $10.1 million
5. La La Land – $7.5 million
6. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – $4.5 million
7. Sing – $4 million
8. Lion – $4 million
9. The Space Between Us – $3.8 million
10. xXx: Return of Xander Cage – $3.7 million

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