The new adaptation of the Superman~2025 movie remains at the top of the UK box office this weekend with a gross of £4.8 Million, a very reasonable 30% drop from last weekend.

The James Gunn directed movie has now taken a nice £16.3 Million in its first 10 days of release in the UK.

Coming in at number 4 this weekend is a new animated version of the Smurfs which takes £1.2 Million on its debut.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th July 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,295,874 over the weekend, a 2% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £24,938,490 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took £27,117,894 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,260,688 over the weekend, a 7% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,241,244 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £941,968 over its debut weekend

It was a tight contest this weekend for the top of the box office with IF~2024 taking over at the top of the UK box office by about £300,000.

The Ryan Reynolds starring movie took over at the top of the box office with a debut gross of £2.4 Million.

The last movie directed by John Krasinski A Quiet Place Part II made its debut at the top with £3.4 Million in June 2021.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes falls to number 2 this weekend but it put up a fight to keep the crown and only just lost out.

The movie has taken a very good £7.6 Million to date.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 also makes its debut on the UK box office top 5 at number 4 with £452,506.

The UK box office top 15 took a little more than last weekend which was a big low but the numbers a still no where near past movie summer seasons which is a worrying sign for the cinema industry.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th May 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,185,572 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,684,708 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to War For the Planet of the Apes which took £12,667,484 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £876,184 over the weekend, a 8% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £8,246,320 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £291,416 over the weekend, a 13% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,345,554 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2024

Last weekend saw Black Widow at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend, there are 4 new releases this weekend so can any of those in cinemas do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Old

• The movie is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, it is the directors 15th movie.
• M. Night Shyamalan also directed Glass in 2019 which grossed £10.7 Million in the UK and grossed $246.9 Million globally.
• It stars Gael Garcia Bernal who also starred in Wasp Network (2019).
• The film also stars Vicky Krieps who last appeared in The Last Vermeer (2019).

Settlers

• The movie is from director Wyatt Rockefeller
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Climax (2018).
• The film also stars Ismael Cruz Cordova who last appeared in Miss Bala (2019).

Wrath of Man

• The movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Guy Ritchie also directed Revolver in 2005 which grossed £1.6 Million in the UK.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw (2019).
• The film also stars Holt McCallany who last appeared in Greenland (2020).

Riders of Justice

• The movie is directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Anders Thomas Jensen also directed Men and Chicken in 2016 which grossed £10.9 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Another Round (2020).
• The film also stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas who last appeared in Men and Chicken (2016).
• Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas have starred in 5 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Men and Chicken (2016).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 4 new movies released

• The Suicide Squad, Friday, 30th July
• Jungle Cruise, Friday, 30th July
• The Sparks Brothers, Friday, 30th July
• Spirit Untamed, Friday, 30th July

It was the Super Bowl over the weekend in America and with no notable new relases Glass remained at the top with The Upside not far behind, Miss Bala was the top new film.

Galss

M. Night Shyamalan phycological comic book triller spends its third weekend at the top with a $9.5 million weeeknd.

This pushes the films US total gross to $88.6 million and leaving the $100 million mark close.

The Upside

The Kevin Hart starring movie spends its third weekend at number 2 taking $8.85 million which gives it a total gross of $75.5 million.

Miss Bala

Highest new entry of the week is at 3, directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Gina Rodriguez the stylish action film takes $6.7 million on its debut.

Aquaman

James Wan's DC comic book film is still doing very well 7 weeks in and this week is at 4 and takes $4.7 million taking its US gross to an excellent $323.5 million.

Spider Man Into the Spider Verse

Finishing off the top five in this very quiet weekend is the Oscar nominated animation which boosts its US total to $175.2 million after a $4.4 million weekend.