
US release: 7th November 2019
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$0 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.
Highest new movie this 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.
This weekend, Friday 1st September 2023, there are 6 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Gran Turismo, for the number 1 spot?
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Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Nope retains the top spot on the UK box office this weekend while the animated movie from Japan Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is the highest debut at number 5.
Also new this weekend is Fisherman's Friends: One and All at number 6 with £656,293 falling well below the £1 Million+ debut of Fisherman's Friends from 2019.
New at number 10 is Orphan: First Kill which debuts with £434,601 and new at number 12 is Thiruchitrambalam with £132,109.
Worthy of a mention is the performance of the years biggest movie Top Gun Maverick which despite having been on the box office for 13 weeks climbs back up to number 7 this week, from 8 last, with a 22% increase over last weeks gross.
The Jordan Peele directed movie hangs onto the top spot on the UK box office for a second weekend as the movie takes £1.14 Million, a very reasonable 38% drop over its debut last weekend.
It is the only one entry on the box office this weekend to take over a million pound, it is tracking slightly below Jordan Peele's last movie, Us~2019 from 2019 which had taken £6 Million on its second weekend.
The movie has taken £4.5 Million to date.
The former number 1 movie starring Brad Pitt stays at number 2 this weekend with £837,799, a very slim 8% drop over last week on its third weekend of release.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £6.8 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Remaining at number 3 this weekend is the animated feature from the DC Universe of movies from Warner Bros. which takes £811,276, a very slim 2% down on last week.
The movie has now taken £10.5 Million over its 4 weeks of release in the UK.
The animated sequel from the Despicable Me series of movies remains at number 4 this weekend with £753,073, which is more or less the same as last weekend take.
The Minions sequel has now taken an very respectable £40.7 Million over its 8 weeks of release, it is the 4th top movie of 2022 and the highest grossing animated feature of the year so far.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend lands at number 5 with the Japanese animated movie from the Dragon Ball Super series of movie and a sequel to 2019's Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Landing at number 5 this weekend with £663,290 this presence of this movie means there are 3 animated movies in the top 5 in the UK this weekend.
Bringing the new era of the Jurassic series to an end Jurassic World Domination is given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, scary scenes, violence, rude gestures.
The movie brings back the main stars from the original series of Jurassic Park movies, Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern as well as Jurassic World regulars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.
The movie is directed by Colin Trevorrow who brought us Jurassic World which kicked of this new era if the Jurassic series.
Movie Synopsis
The future of mankind hangs in the balance as humans and dinosaurs coexist following the destruction of Isla Nublar. Our heroes must save the planet from an ecological disaster that has the potential to wipe out both human and dinosaur populations.
BBFC certificate breakdown.