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The Hitman’s Bodyguard has protected its slot at the top of the US Box Office, netting $10,050,000 over the weekend.

The comedy, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a celebrity bodyguard tasked with protecting a legendary hitman played by Samuel L. Jackson, has now made $39,614,004 in two weeks according to Box Office Mojo.

Horror sequel Annabelle: Creation has to settle for second place, having made $7,350,000 over the weekend.

Third place is taken by new animated release Leap!, which stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring ballerina.

The film earned $5,015,500 over the weekend.

Wind River rises six places from number 10 to number four, after earning $4,410,610. Wind River, which stars Jeremy Renner, follows an FBI agent as he teams up with a veteran game tracker to investigate a murder.

The top five is completed by Logan Lucky, which has fallen two places over the past week.

The comedy, which stars Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as brothers trying to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina, made $4,366,894 over the weekend.

The weekend’s top 10 US box office in full:

1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard — $10 million
2. Annabelle: Creation — $7.3 million
3. Leap! — $5 million
4. Wind River — $4.4 million
5. Logan Lucky — $4.3 million
6. Dunkirk — $3.9 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $2.7 million
8. Birth Of The Dragon — $2.5 million
9. Mayweather vs. McGregor — $2.4 million
10. The Emoji Movie — $2.3 million

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The Hitman’s Bodyguard has fired straight to the top of the US box office for the opening weekend, snatching the number one spot from Annabelle: Creation, which falls to number two.

The Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds film grossed $21,600,000 against a $29 million budget, so not exactly setting anything on fire, but it still isn’t that horrific.

Quite surprisingly, debuting in the third spot is Logan Lucky which took just $8,050,182 in its opening weekend, again against a $29 million pre-marketing budget, which is pretty terrible really.

Starring Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, Logan Lucky was probably expecting to do much better really, especially when you factor in the awesome cast, but like we said before – summer.

Thanks to those two new releases, Dunkirk falls to four this week after taking $6,700,000 this weekend, making it $165,508,079 since its release five weeks ago.

Rounding out the top five is The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, which grossed $5,113,278 this weekend – totalling $17,696,923 so far, which is massively below its $40 million budget.

The rest of the top 10 this week consists of The Emoji Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Girls Trip, The Dark Tower and Wind River.

Check out the Aug. 18-20 figures below:

1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard — $21.6 million
2. Annabelle: Creation — $15.5 million
3. Logan Lucky — $8.1 million
4. Dunkirk — $6.7 million
5. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature — $5.1 million
6. The Emoji Movie — $4.4 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $4.3 million
8. Girls Trip — $3.8 million
9. The Dark Tower — $3.7 million
10. Wind River — $3 million

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Despite being summer, it seems that a lot of people were in the mood for a grown-up horror film.

Box Office Mojo reports that Annabelle: Creation, the fourth film in The Conjuring series, has debuted atop the US Box Office this weekend.

The film grossed $35,040,000, which might be the lowest opening weekend the series has had so far, but is still more than double its $15 million budget (before you factor in marketing costs, of course).

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk holds steady in second place with a $11,405,000 weekend gross, while The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature fails to open to double figures with $8.9 million.

Last week’s number one movie, the critically disappointing The Dark Tower, fell from the top to fourth place in its second week, grossing $7,875,000. The Stephen King adaptation has so far grossed just over $34 million in the US, well below its $60 million pre-marketing budget.

Rounding out the top five is The Emoji Movie, which made $6,580,000 in its third week.

The rest of the top ten consists of Girls Trip, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kidnap, new entry The Glass Castle and Atomic Blonde in that order.

Check out the Aug. 11-13 figures below:

1. Annabelle: Creation — $35 million
2. Dunkirk — $11.4 million
3. The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature — $8.9 million
4. The Dark Tower — $7.9 million
5. The Emoji Movie — $6.6 million
6. Girls Trip — $6.5 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $6.1 million
8. Kidnap — $ 5.2 million
9. The Glass Castle — $4.9 million
10. Atomic Blonde — $4.6 million

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The latest movie adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved series The Dark Tower didn’t exactly have a flying start with critics when it opened in cinemas this week.

The Dark Tower has been getting mixed reviews, to say the least – one critic called it a “uniquely flavourless slog”.

Thankfully for everyone involved in the adaptation, though, the critical reaction hasn’t seemed to dampen its box office success as it won the top spot this week.

The film, which stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, made $19.5 million in its debut weekend. While this does mean The Dark Tower is top of the box office, it’s not an earth-shattering success – the film was made for $60 million and was probably seeking a stronger debut.

It’s been a relatively slow weekend all round, though. Dunkirk, the Christopher Nolan war epic which has recently been tipped to be an Oscar contender, dropped just one place after claiming the top spot for the past two weeks. Dunkirk made a solid $17.6 million this week, taking its total well above a jaw-dropping $130 million.

Just about everyone was surprised when The Emoji Movie gave Dunkirk a run for its money in the box office last week, and the kids’ animated film is still on Dunkirk’s coat-tails in third place. The film follows the adventures of the ‘Meh’ emoji, and made $12.35 million in its second week.

Girls Trip, this summer’s big buddy-comedy, is keeping its place at the box office too. The film had a budget of just $19 million – but after making another $11,418,700 in its third week, Universal has made over $80 million on it.

New release Kidnap rounded out the top five this week. Halle Berry stars as a girl-power equivalent of Liam Neeson in Taken, who has to rescue her son when he’s – you guessed it – kidnapped. The film made $10,210,000, finally bumping Spider-Man: Homecoming out of the top five after five weeks at the top.

Check out the Aug. 4-6 figures below:

1. The Dark Tower — $19.5 million
2. Dunkirk — $17.6 million
3. The Emoji Movie — $12.4 million
4. Girls Trip — $11.4 million
5. Kidnap — $10.2 million
6. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $8.8 million
7. Atomic Blonde — $8.2 million
8. Detroit — $ 7.3 million
9. War for the Planet of the Apes — $6 million
10. Despicable Me 3 — $5.3 million

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