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'Spice Jam' tops the US box office

The movie is a sequel to a movie released a quarter century ago starring Michael Jordan.

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The new "Warner Brothers" movie "Spice Jam: A New Legacy" topped the box office in North American cinemas over the weekend, bringing in nearly $31.6 million in the best performance for a family movie since the start of the "Covid-19" pandemic.

In this action and animation movie, a sequel to the movie "Spice Jam" released about a quarter of a century ago, starring basketball legend Michael Jordan, NBA star LeBron James fights in one team with the famous "Bugs Bunny" rabbit. And other characters from the Looney Tunes universe have a momentous basketball match against an AI-powered being who threatens his son.

The new work, despite negative comments on it, toppled the Disney movie "Black Widow", which topped the rating last week.

This latest movie starring Scarlett Johansson, grossed $25.6 million at the weekend, a significant drop from last week's $80.4 million, according to Expeter Relations.

In third place was the psychological thriller "Escape Room: Tornament of Champions", produced by Sony, with revenues of $8.8 million.

In this film, Taylor Russell and Logan Miller, who reprising their roles in the 2019 movie "Escape Room", face a series of deadly traps and puzzles set by the villain Minos.

And fourth place was "F9: The Fast Saga" with revenues of 7.6 million dollars, bringing the total revenues of this work starring Vin Diesel and John Cena to 154 million dollars in four weeks.

It was followed by the animated film "Boss Baby: Family Business" in fifth place.

• He made $31 million in the best performance for a family movie since the start of "The Pandemic".

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