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$0 As the Christmas holiday arrives Disney score a number 1 hit with the sequel movie Mufasa: The Lion King, topping the UK box office on its debut weekend.
The movie takes over at the top of the UK box office with a weekend gross of over £4.4 Million, although this is a far cry from the £16.6 Million of the 2019 original The Lion King~2019.
Last weeks top movie Moana 2 falls to number 3 this weekend and has taken £29 Million over its 4 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Spider-Man: No Way Home spends a fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office while there is nothings in the way of major new releases to try challenge it, although that could change next weekend!
Highest new movie of the weekend is Licorice Pizza which makes its debut at number 3 while further down the box office is The 355 which is new at 7 with £366,546.
Finally the critically acclaimed Boiling Point is new at number 11 with £79,117 from just 53 cinemas in the UK.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 7th - 9th January 2022
The Marvel/Sony movie spends a fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office, the longest run since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in September 2021, although No Time To Die did spend 4 non-consecutive weeks at the top on October of 2021.
The movie took this weekend £4.4 Million which is a very slim 26% drop over last weekend which gives the movie a UK total of £79.3 Million after 4 weeks.
The movie is naturally the top film so far in 2022, and on its current pace it could beat No Time To Die as the top movie released in 2021 which has taken £96.5 Million so far.
A second weekend at number 2 for the prequel movie from director Matthew Vaughn which this weekend takes £905,092, a large 74% drop over last weekend altohugh that did include nearly a week of previews.
The movie has now taken a fairly reasonable £5.3 Million over its 2/3 weeks of release.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson's coming of age movie set in the 1970's got a pre-release on new years day and has taken to date £879,373.
The movie has had great reviews which might keep its momentum going for a few weeks as it becomes a fan favourite.
The kids animated series transitioned to a live action big screen movie had a decent Christmas holiday and this weekend only falls to number 4 with £623,074, a small 20% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a £7.3 Million total after 5 weeks.
The fourth The Matrix movie has had a tough time at the box office but in the UK the movie only falls to number 5 this weekend with £513,474, a 32% drop over last weekend, which gives the Keanu Reeves starring movie a total UK gross of £6.4 Million over 3 weeks.
Spider-Man: No Way Home hangs onto the top of the global box office over the Christmas holiday period giving the movie 2 weeks at the top while animated sequel Sing 2 is the top new movie at number 3.
The King's Man is also new this week at number 5 while B For Busy is new at 6 with $10,283,876.
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Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th December 2021
The latest Spider-Man MCU movie remains at the top of the global box office for a second weekend and is the first movie in 2021 to smash the $1 Billion mark.
The movie takes $202.9 Million globally on its second weekend from 62 countries, a 66% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $1.054 Billion globally making it the top grossing movie of the year having overtaken The Battle At Lake Changjin which current sits at $902.2 Million.
Despite the pre-release hype for the movie, the fourth edition in The Matrix saga is not getting a lot of love at the box office.
After a release in a handful of countries last weekend ans making its debut at 4 the movie goes mega wide this week in 76 countries and takes $47 Million, an increase of 80% over last weekend, and jumps to number 2.
This gives the movie a total global gross of $69.8 Million, this is way lower than would have been expected from such a high profile release, but take into consideration that the movie has had tepid reviews and its on HBO Max in America.
Highest new movie of the week is the animated sequel to the 2017 animated smash movie Sing which took $634 Million globally.
The follow up takes $42.9 Million, from 39 countries, on its debut making it the top new movie of the weekend.
Falling from 2 to number 4 this week is the Chinese movie sequel to Sheep Without a Shepherd which takes $35.8 Million from a single country, a 35% drop, for a total gross of $113.5 Million after 2 weeks.
Finally on the top five is the prequel movie to director Matthew Vaughn two The Kingsman movies which is a new entry at number 5 with $10.2 Million from just 8 countries.
Starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver House of Gucci remains on top of the UK box office for a second weekend while the top new movie is the Event feature Christmas with Andre at number 4.
Making its debut lower down the box office is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which makes its debut at 8 with £253,199 and Dziewczyny Z Dubaju which is new at 10 with &pond;204,458.
Worth noting this week is that the Bond movie No Time To Die spends its first weekend outside the top 5 since its release 10 weeks ago.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 3rd - 5th December 2021
The Ridley Scott directed movie based on the true life story of the Gucci family spends its second weekend at the top with a gross of £1.5 Million, a slim 38% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross after 2 weekends of £5.5 Million.
Disney's latest animated adventure climbs this week to number 2 with a second weekend gross of £1.2 Million, a very slim 26% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now takem £3.3 Million in the UK after 2 weekend and with the school Christmas holidays nearly here and good word of mouth this could be a bit of a sleeper hit for the studio.
The Ghostbusters sequel movie falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of just over £1 Million, a 49% drop over last week.
The movie has now taken £9.1 Million over 3 weekends on release and the movie is keeping just a slither above the 2016 reboot with had taken £9 Million 3 weeks into its run.
Violinist Andre Rieu invites us to his annual Christmas concert in this 2 day Event cinema spectacle which this weeks lands at number 4 with a weekend gross of £693,676.
The Andre Rieu concerts are no stranger to the UK box office with his biggest hit to date being AndreRieu's 2019 Live New Year Concert From Sydney from 2019 which took £1.7 Million.
The Chloe Zhao directed Marvel movie falls to number 5 this week with £318,717 on its 5th weekend of release, a 46% drop over last weekend, and now has a total UK gross of £14.4 Million and is the 9th top movie of 2021.
With little competition Frozen II hangs on to the top spot for a second weekend while Knives Out makes its debut on the chart at 2 and lower down the re-boot of Charlies Angels makes its debit on the top 5.
Disney's sequel movie holds onto the top spot for a second weekend with a gross of an amazing £8.7 Million.
With an incredible second weekend this puts the films total UK gross to £27.3 Million, and with the UK Christmas holidays just around the corner this will go up considerably.
The movie managed to command 53% of the total taking of this weeks top 15 movie.
The film is beating the first movies gross at the same stage by some considerable amount, it is already the 9th highest grossing movie of 2019 and will go on to be one of the top 10 grossing movies ever in the UK.
Rian Johnsons first film since Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been met with glowing reviews and is the tip grossing movie of the week with a debut of £2.9 Million.
With such good reviews the film could hang around quite a while, an achievement for a low budget movie.
Paul Feig's festive movie falls to 3 this weekend with a gross of £1.6 Million, the films has taken £9.9 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The film has been hit with much controversy with some cinema chains refusing to show the movie but the directorial debut from Andrew Onwubolu falls to 4 this week with £850,427 for a 2 week total of £2.9 Million.
The Elizabeth Banks directed reboot of the '70's TV cop show makes its UK box office debut at number with a weekend gross os £547,004.
The movie has picked up some very positive reviews and its a surprise the film only entered at 5, the chances are the film wont get any higher and has been a flop around the globe so a sequel is looking unlikely.
The Joaquin Phoenix starring movie has the longest run on the UK box office with 9 weeks and is also the highest totla grossing film with £57.4 Million.