The Disney sequel movie Moana 2 has stormed the United Kingdom box office as it debuts at the top with a weekend gross of £12 Million.
This is about £10 Million more than the original Moana movie which took in 2016 when it made its debut a the same time of year.
Any other weekend Wicked~2024 would have stayed at the top of the box office with a second weekend gross of £8.3 Million, but the Disney sequel was just too strong.
Still the musical adaptation only falls to number 2 and the weeks ahead look to be strong and a battle between this and Moana 2 over the holiday period could be on the cards.
THe whole of the top 5 this weekend took over £1 Million each something which is still quite rare in the UK and hasn't happened since the weekend of August 16th 2024.
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Spending a second weekend at the top of the US box office this weekend is the Spider-verse movie Venom: The Last Dance which takes $26.1 Million.
The movie has now taken a very respectable $90 Million over 2 weeks of release, the lowest of the Venom series but not bad for the Spider-verse series which is dying in the cinema.
The new Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks Collaboration Here is the top new movie of the weekend landing at 5 with $5 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
The new Spider-verse movie from Sony, Venom: The Last Dance, opens this weekend to a slightly disappointing debut gross of $51 Million which is the lowest of the series.
The movie is the third in the Venom series of movies and with a $90 Million opening of the previous movie this will be seen as a worry for the overarching Spider-verse franchise.
Previously this year Madamme Web also failed to hit the right note at the box office as did Morpheus before it.
Last weeks top movie Smile 2 falls to number 2 this weekend after a week at the top, the movie has taken over $50 Million to date.
Highest new movie this weekend