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Buster

Buster
1988
 102 minutes (1 hrs 42 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Phil Collins · Julie Walters · Larry Lamb · Stephanie Lawrence · Ellie Beaven · Michael Attwell

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 23rd November 1988
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release: 16th September 1988
Denmark release date Denmark release: 7th October 1988

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 16th Sep '88
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £65.9 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 15

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 25th Nov '88
  • Debut position: 17
  • Highest position: 17
  • Debut gross: $265 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

16 Sep, 1988
6
23 Sep, 1988
6
30 Sep, 1988
5
7 Oct, 1988
6
14 Oct, 1988
1
21 Oct, 1988
2
28 Oct, 1988
3
4 Nov, 1988
3
11 Nov, 1988
4
18 Nov, 1988
5
25 Nov, 1988
8
2 Dec, 1988
10
9 Dec, 1988
11
16 Dec, 1988
13
23 Dec, 1988
14

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

M/12

L

M

PG

10

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £4 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $540 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $5.9 Million

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Growing from the success of last years Wicked~2024, Wicked for Good tops the UK box office chart with a bigger opening than last years first movie.

The movie last year opened with just over £13.5 Million whereas the sequel (or part 2) opens this holiday season with an amazing £18.8 Million, making it the second largest November opening behind 2022's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but only just!

The box office, which has been on a low for the last few weeks, was ready for a big blockbuster movie, the next new release on the chart this week is Sisu: Road to Revenge at number 11 with holdover movies filling in the rest.

Last weeks top movie Now You See Me: Now You Dont falls to number 2 and has taken £4.3 Million so far in the UK.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Wicked: For Good (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Wicked: For Good (@1)
  • Longest run - Regretting You (5 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Wicked: For Good (£18,858,825)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Laalo Krishna Sada Sahaayate (-3%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £22,657,866
  • Also new this weekend
    • Sisu: Road to Revenge
    • Cbeebies Panto 2025: Cinderella
    • Arabella: Met Opera 2025 Opera
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 21st - 23rd November 2025

Wicked: For Good

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £18,858,825 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 2nd top debuting movie in the month of November
  • The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £13,696,056 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,111,688 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £4,345,774 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Now You See Me 2 which took £4,843,905 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

The Running Man~2025

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £654,467 over the weekend, a 73% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,781,769 over 2 weeks of release

Nuremberg

  • The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £491,389 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £2,015,172 over 2 weeks of release

Predator: Badlands

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £375,130 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,030,808 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Prey which took £0 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another tops the UK box office on its first week of release in a fairly quiet marketplace.

The movie tops with a debut gross of £2.4 Million which in a market which is full of holdover movies and no big blockbusters is a good.

Last weeks top movie falls to number 3 this weekend as Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale gives up the top spot after 2 weeks, the movie has taken £13.4 Million in the UK to date.

After 5 years on Streaming the on screen version of the hit stage show Hamilton~2020 from Disney gets a box office debut where is enters the box office at number 2 with £1.7 Million - a cinema ticket being far cheaper than a theatre ticket!

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - One Battle After Another (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - One Battle After Another (@1)
  • Longest run - The Bad Guys 2 (10 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - The Conjuring: Last Rites (£16,405,304)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Bad Guys 2 (1%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £8,921,764
  • Also new this weekend
    • The Strangers: Chapter 2
    • They Call Him OG
    • Spider-Man 2
    • Dead of Winter
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th September 2025

One Battle After Another

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £2,471,783 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of September

Hamilton~2020

  • The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,769,826 over its debut weekend

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,294,899 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £13,416,773 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Downton Abbey: A New Era which took £10,383,398 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £834,053 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £16,405,304 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It which took £7,726,651 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

The Long Walk

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £466,627 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,569,143 over 3 weeks of release

Last weekend The Roses was at the top of the UK box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • The Conjuring: Last Rites
  • Honey Don't!
  • On Swift Horses
  • National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Honey Don't!

  • The movie is directed by Ethan Coen, it is the directors 21st movie.
  • Ethan Coen also directed The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018.
  • It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in IO (2019).
  • The film also stars Chris Evans who's last movie was Materialists (2025).
  • Ethan Coen directed Margaret Qualley in and Drive-Away Dolls
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

On Swift Horses

  • The movie is directed by Daniel Minahan, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Daniel Minahan also directed Deadwood in 2019.
  • It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones who also starred in Where the Crawdad's Sing (2022).
  • The film also stars Jacob Elordi who's last movie was The Sweet East (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

  • The movie is directed by Justin Martin, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Justin Martin also directed Prima Facie: NT Live 2022 in 2022 which grossed £5.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $6.6 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Rosamund Pike who also starred in Burning Palms (2010).
  • The film also stars Jamie Glover who's last movie was An Adventure In Space and Time (2013).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 5 new movies released

  • Spinal Tap II - Friday, 12th September
  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - Friday, 12th September
  • The Long Walk - Friday, 12th September
  • Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle - Friday, 12th September
  • The Man In My Basement - Friday, 12th September

The Roses, a make of The War of the Roses, starring Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch makes its debut a the top of the Uk box office this weekend with a £2.1 Million gross.

The current period of late summer into autumn is proving a very quiet period for the box office, last weekend was the lowest total gross for the top 15 in many a month and this weekend is only slightly higer.

Coming in at number 2 is the 50th Anniversary re-release of Steven Spielbergs classic blockbuster Jaws which takes £1.1 Million over the weekend.

Weapons~2026 falls to number 3 this weekend but is still pulling in the audiences with a slender 27% drop and has taken over £10 Million after 4 weeks.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Roses (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Roses (@1)
  • Longest run - Jurassic World: Rebirth (9 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Jurassic World: Rebirth (£35,510,237)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Bad Guys 2 (37%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,414,394
  • Also new this weekend
    • Caught Stealing
    • André Rieu's 2025 Maastricht Concert Waltz the Night Away
    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    • Lokah Chapter One Chandra
    • Hridayapoorvam
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st August 2025

The Roses

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £2,183,190 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August

Jaws

  • The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,104,471 over its debut weekend

Weapons~2026

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £838,351 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £10,387,914 over 4 weeks of release

The Bad Guys 2

  • The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £807,023 over the weekend, a 37% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £11,837,078 over 6 weeks of release

Freakier Friday

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £744,302 over the weekend, a 1% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £7,433,263 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £5,367,190 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

A very quiet weekend at the UK box office has Weapons~2026 remain at the top for a third weekend in a row with a £1.1 Million weekend gross.

The movie has become a surprise big box office hit and has a total UK gross of £8.6 Million.

Which much of the top 5 staying in the same place this weekend the highest new movie is at number 6 with The Life of Chuck taking £486,294 on its debut.

Worth noting is the this weeks top 15 is one of the lowest weekend total for many weekend with little in the way of big blockbuster movies getting released, and summer holdovers like Superman~2025 and The Fantastic Four First Steps simply not bringing in the numbers.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Weapons (3rd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Life of Chuck (@6)
  • Longest run - Jurassic World: Rebirth (8 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Jurassic World: Rebirth (£34,949,483)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Six: The Musical (96%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £5,980,853
  • Also new this weekend
    • The Life of Chuck
    • Eddington
    • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th August 2025

Weapons~2026

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £1,147,166 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £8,668,189 over 3 weeks of release
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August

Freakier Friday

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £739,747 over the weekend, a 19% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,848,203 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £4,530,548 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Materialists

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £554,097 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £2,593,725 over 2 weeks of release

The Bad Guys 2

  • The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £510,883 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £10,217,297 over 5 weeks of release

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

  • The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £507,615 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £22,029,709 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2025