US release: 28th April 2022
Ireland release: 28th April 2022
United Arab Emirates release: 29th April 2022
£96.1 Thousand 
$832 Thousand 
$0 Sequel movie Downton Abbey: A New Era makes its debut at the top of the UK box office knocking Sonic the Hedgehog down to the runner up spot.
With no other blockbusters released this weekend there is a new entry for Acharya at number 10 with £92,624, then there is a string of new release at the tail end of the top 15, Jana Gana Mana is new at 13 with £53,478, Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal is new at 14 with £43,570 and finally at number 15 is Runway 34 with £41,243.
UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 29th April - 1st May 2022
Director Simon Curtis takes over duties from Michael Engler in the sequel to the aristocratic TV show turned movie series.
Taking £3 Million over the weekend the movie easily takes over from Sonic the hedgehog 2 which returned to the top last weekend.
The movie has not had as good a debut at its predecessor which was released in September 2019 and hit the top with a £5 Million debut, and went on to stay there for 3 weeks, there is a strong suspicion this will be de-throned this coming weekend.
Popularity for the series has waned over the years since the TV show ended but a £10 - 15 Million run is possible for this sequel.
The video game adaptation sequel this week became the top grossing movie based on a video game of all time, taking over from its predecessor Sonic the Hedgehog.
This weekend the movie falls from the top to number 2 with a gross of £1.3 Million, an 18% drop, taking its gross to £21 Million after 5 weeks of release.
It is the 5th tp grossing movie of 2022 so far.
The action comedy starring Sandra Bullock Spends a third weekend inside the top 3 as it refuses to move from its position on last weeks chart and takes £1.2 Million on its 3rd weekend of release.
This is a 12% drop over last weekend and gives the movie a UK total gross of £7.4 Million.
Falling from 2 down to this weeks 4 is the third movie in the Fantastic Beasts series which takes £1.1 Million on its 4th weekend, a 25% drop.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £18 Million and it is the 6th top movie of 2022.
Remaining at 5 this weekend is the smash hot animated series from Dreamworks Animated Studios which takes £723,039 on its 5th weekend, a small 2% drop over last weekend.
5 weeks on and the movie has taken £10.1 Million and is the 8th top movie of 2022.