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US Box Office Top 10, Week of October 5, 2026: Grosses and New Releases
US Box Office Top 10, Week of October 5, 2026: Grosses and New Releases
Verity leads the domestic box office with $32,031,011 for October 2–4, 2026. Three newcomers enter the top 10, and the previous weekend’s leader drops to seventh. This reference covers the results available for discussion in the week beginning October 5, with an editorial period of October 6.
Period note: The table is a completed Friday–Sunday weekend chart, not a seven-day total for October 5–11. A full result for that later calendar week cannot be established at the supplied October 6 editorial anchor. “US box office” here uses the industry’s domestic market definition, which includes Canada and, under Box Office Mojo’s definition, Puerto Rico.
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Top 10: grosses and new arrivals
Rank
Movie
Weekend gross
Prior rank
Theaters
1
Verity
$32,031,011
New
3,510
2
Resident Evil
$12,618,839
2
3,259
3
Heart of the Beast
$10,876,713
3
3,481
4
Digger
$8,001,856
New
3,321
5
Primetime
$8,000,085
4
2,894
6
Forgotten Island
$7,201,655
5
3,555
7
Avengers Endgame: Encore
$4,471,524
1
3,000
8
Practical Magic 2
$2,785,993
6
2,063
9
Drishyam: The Conclusion
$2,715,000
New
541
10
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
$2,501,553
7
1,724
Source:Box Office Mojo’s October 2–4 domestic chart. Dollar amounts are reproduced without rounding; “New” identifies an entry without a previous-week rank. The Avengers entry is a re-release.
Reporting dates, revisions, and methodology
Chart period: October 2–4. Publication timing: The chart page does not provide an independently verifiable first-publication or last-revision timestamp. IMDbPro explains that Sunday estimates normally appear on Sunday morning and actual weekend receipts normally follow on Monday afternoon, with later corrections possible. For this cycle, those calendar dates are October 4 and October 5; they describe the standard reporting schedule, not a confirmed timestamp for this particular page.
The figures above are the current reported values checked on October 8 for the completed reporting period. An exact archived version of the page at October 6, 06:00 Eastern Standard Time was not available, so this article does not claim that every revised dollar amount was already displayed at that moment.
Ranking is by reported theatrical gross for the stated weekend, from highest to lowest. Gross means ticket revenue rather than profit or admissions. Theaters are exhibition locations, not a count of individual screens. Streaming, home-video purchases, and television rights are outside this theatrical measure. Definitions and the estimates-to-actuals schedule are documented in IMDbPro’s box-office glossary.
For navigation, the publisher separates daily, weekend, weekly, and worldwide tables. Those are different views of performance, so a number from one should not be substituted into another. See the publisher’s chart user guide.
One discrepancy to keep visible
The Numbers’ chart for the same weekend agrees on the top-10 order but lists Drishyam: The Conclusion at $2,740,000 rather than $2,715,000. The difference is $25,000 and does not change its ninth-place ranking. This article consistently uses Box Office Mojo’s amount instead of blending the two tables.
The Numbers says its information is supplied through OpusData and updated as reports arrive from studios and other sources. That is useful context for understanding why live records can differ, but it does not establish the cause of this specific discrepancy. See The Numbers’ explanation of its data service. Neither source’s conflicting value is silently treated as an error.
New releases: the useful comparisons
Verity: the leading opening
Verity opened domestically on October 2 through Amazon MGM Studios. Its record identifies a psychological thriller directed by Michael Showalter, with Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett in leading roles. The R-rated movie runs 114 minutes. Its opening reached 3,510 theaters. These release details are documented in Verity’s release and performance record.
For a reader deciding what the new No. 1 actually is, those details are more useful than the rank alone: they identify the movie, its audience classification, and its theatrical launch. The opening result measures demand during one period; it does not reveal audience satisfaction or guarantee a long run.
Digger: a much smaller opening on a similar footprint
Digger also opened October 2, through Warner Bros., with a reported 3,321-theater launch. Its record lists a 128-minute, R-rated black comedy and a $125 million production budget. See Digger’s release and performance record.
The comparison with the leader is informative because the two launches had broadly similar theater counts. The revenue gap therefore cannot be described simply as one movie receiving a tiny release. Still, the weekend table does not control for showtime frequency, auditorium size, premium formats, ticket prices, or local demand.
Its opening also sits close to the film immediately below it in the ranking. When results are that close, retain exact dollars for the reference table and use rounded millions only in casual discussion. Two movies both described as earning “$8 million” can occupy different positions without the chart being inconsistent.
The third top-10 arrival
Drishyam: The Conclusion is the other newcomer. Its narrower footprint makes national gross a different kind of comparison from the two wide openings. A lower total does not, by itself, establish weaker demand at the locations actually playing it.
What changed from the previous weekend?
the September 25–27 comparison chart supplies the comparison period of September 25–27. The previous leader, Avengers Endgame: Encore, earned $26,106,643 then. Its current result represents a decline of approximately 82.9%, calculated from the two reported weekend grosses, and a move from first to seventh.
The movies previously ranked eighth, ninth, and tenth—The Odyssey, Coyote vs. Acme, and Daniel and the Fiery Furnace—leave the top 10. Their displacement is a ranking change, not evidence that they stopped playing. The arrival of three new titles changes the threshold for inclusion.
Resident Evil and Heart of the Beast remain second and third. Their unchanged positions are another reminder that rank and revenue are separate measures: a movie can retain its place even when its own weekend earnings decline.
A compact checklist for using the chart
Comparing demand: Use the same reporting window and market for both movies.
Checking momentum: Compare consecutive weekend grosses, then examine theater changes.
Identifying new releases: Separate first-run openings from anniversary screenings and re-releases.
Choosing a screening: Check local availability; a national ranking does not guarantee a nearby showtime.
Sharing the figures: Attach “October 2–4, 2026” and retain the source’s revision caveat.
What these grosses cannot establish
Box-office revenue is not the amount a studio keeps. Exhibitors and distributors share receipts, while production costs, marketing, and other expenses must be considered separately. A weekend opening cannot establish a final profit or loss.
Nor is revenue a direct count of people. Different ticket prices can produce different grosses from similar attendance. The practical use of this week’s table is to identify the current theatrical leaders, distinguish new arrivals from returning movies, and compare the same completed period. It should not be read as a forecast for the unfinished October 5 week or as a review of the films’ quality.