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'Alien: Romulus' dethrones 'Deadpool & Wolverine' at the box office! We're breaking down the weekend box office numbers on today's THR Charts: The Breakdown for Monday, August 19th.

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00:00Alien Romulus dethrones Deadpool and Wolverine at the box office.

00:03Hi, I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter, and we're breaking down the latest box office numbers

00:08on today's THR Charts The Breakdown for Monday, August 19th.

00:12Are you sure you want to do this?

00:14Alien Romulus scared up a strong debut. It topped the domestic chart with $41.5 million,

00:20well ahead of projections.

00:21I spoke to director Fede Alvarez at the film's Hollywood premiere,

00:25and he told me this about the movie's use of practical effects.

00:28It just went all the way to create creatures with the technology of today, right?

00:32With the philosophy of the old movies, but with technology of today to create something

00:37that people don't see on screen every day.

00:38As for the rest of the chart, Deadpool and Wolverine came in second after dominating

00:42the box office for three consecutive weekends.

00:44Hi, Peanut. I'm going to need you to come with me right now.

00:47The Marvel and Disney movie made another $29 million, for a domestic total so far of $545.8 million.

00:54It ends with Us ended up in third.

00:56The movie brought in $24 million its second weekend in theaters,

01:00for a domestic total so far of $97.7 million.

01:03If one day you had a daughter, what would you say to her?

01:07In its first seven days, the movie earned $73.7 million,

01:11which is the best showing of the year so far for a non-sequel.

01:14Twisters was number four, and the 15th anniversary release of Coraline rounded out the top five.

01:19And there you have it, your box office top five.

01:22Thanks for watching this episode of THR Charts.

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