
£8.9 Million
$128 Million
$213.5 Million Animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie has remained at the top of the US box office for a second weekend and in the process has overtaken Avatar: The Way of Water as the top grossing movie in 2023.
Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 2 as Russell Crowe stars in the horror movie The Popes Exorcist while also inside the top 5 at number 4 is the Nicholas Hoult and Nicholas Cage starring Renfield
Making its debut at number 7 is Mafia Mamma which has a gross of $2 Million and Nefarious is new at 9 with $1.3 Million.
Coming in at number 11 is Sweetwater which takes $350,000 on its debut and Beau Is Afraid is new at 13 on limited release with $320,396, the movie goes wide this coming Friday.
Highest new movie this weekend
This weekend the next Marvel movie made its debut at the top of the US box office with an opening gross of $106 Million, topping that of the previous 2 movies in the series.
Also new this weekend is Marlowe~2023 starring Liam Neeson which takes $1.8 Million at number 8 and Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey which is new at 11 with $1.4 Million.
Fire of Love from director Sara Dosa is new at 13 with $1.1 Million and finally 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films Live Action is new at 14 with $734,124.
Highest new movie this weekend
Marvels new Ant-Man movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office this weekend with over $100 Million, which is better than the previous 2 movies which took $57 Million and $75 Million respectively.
Now climbing to the 10th top movie in the US ever James Camerons sequel movie continues to dominate the box office as its total gross gets closer to the $700 Million milestone.
The Magic Mike threequel movie drops to number 3 on its second weekend on the box office chart as it drop only 35% from last weekends gross.
Another sequel movie on the box office which has done far better than expected as the Shrek universe movie drops only 4% drop last weekends gross, amazing for a movie on its 9th weekend of release.
The M. Night Shyamalan directed movie goes back up the chart 1 place with a $4 Million weekend on its third weekend of release.
Each week Salty Popcorn presents a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this weekend over the last 30 years.
No.1 movie: - The Invisible Man which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.7 Million over 11 weeks of release.
This weekend saw cinemas close in the UK due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the box office for this week was from a small number of cinemas that stayed open for a day or two over the weekend.
No.1 movie: - Kung Fu Panda 3 which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - 10 Cloverfield Lane directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Dads Army which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Deadpool which had taken £36.8 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Rango which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Chalet Girl directed by Phil Traill and starring Miquita Oliver and Rick Edwards which entered the box office at number 4.
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £44 Million over 11 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Pink Panther starring Steve Martin and Kevin Kline and directed by Shawn Levy
Longest run: - Walk the Line which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £13.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Enemy At the Gates starring Jude Law and Ed Harris and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Hannibal which had taken £20.2 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Get Shorty starring John Travolta and Gene Hackman and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £19.5 Million after 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Look Who's Talking Too starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley and directed by Amy Heckerling
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 16 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £10.2 Million after 7 weeks of release.
As we get closer to the re-opening of UK cinemas we take a look back at what was making headlines at the UK box office in the last 30 years.
We take a look at 1991 where Awakenings was the top movie, 2016 with Kung Fu Panda hitting the top and 2006 where The Hills Have Eyes was the new film at number 1.
No.1 movie: - Onward which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - The Hunt directed by Craig Zobel and starring Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank which entered the box office at number 3.
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.7 Million over 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Kung Fu Panda 3 starring Jack Black and Bryan Cranston and directed by Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh
Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.9 Million over 13 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart and Ramón Rodríguez and directed by Jonathan Liebesman
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £43.3 Million over 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Hills Have Eyes starring Maxime Giffard and Michael Bailey Smith and directed by Alexandre Aja
Longest run: - Walk the Line which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £12.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £19.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - The Watcher directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader and Marisa Tomei which entered the box office at number 7.
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
No.1 movie: - Trainspotting which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Restoration directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Neill which entered the box office at number 10.
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £19.3 Million after 11 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Awakenings starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and directed by Penny Marshall
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £10.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same weekend over the last 30 years.
Making headlines were Onward from this time last year, Rango hitting the top of the box office in 2011 and the classic Transpotting which was the bog movie of the week in 1996.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Onward starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt and directed by Dan Scanlon
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.4 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart and directed by Babak Najafi
Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.8 Million over 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Rango starring Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher and directed by Gore Verbinski
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £41.9 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Date Movie which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Syriana directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Kayvan Novak and George Clooney which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Brokeback Mountain which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £11.8 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £17 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Chocolat directed by Lasse Hallstrm and starring Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner and directed by Danny Boyle
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £18.8 Million after 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Godfather Part III starring Al Pacino and Diane Keaton and directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £9.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.