
Hungary release: 1st April 1994
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$0 Animated movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie stays at the top of the UK box office as its total gross goes over £35 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the Nicholas Cage movie Renfield which is new at 5 while one place below is the Japanese animated smash Suzume which takes £469,100 on its debut.
At 10 we have the event movie Der Rosenkavalier: Met Opera 2023 which takes £96,665, and at 11 the event movie Cinderella: ROH London 2023 which takes £94,743 and the final new release of the weekend is One Fine Morning at 12 with £82,447.
THe animated feature video game adaptation remains at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend with a £7.5 Million gross, a 52% drop over last weekend.
Despite a large weekend on weekend drop the movies total gross is up to £35 Million which means it takes over from Avatar: The Way of Water as the top grossing movie of 2023.
Still hanging on at number 2 is the role playing board game adaptation which after 3 weeks takes £1.1 Million, a very slip 27% drop.
Also hanging on at number 3 is the fourth chapter in the John Wick sereis which now has a total gross of £14 Million in the UK.
The Ben Affleck directed movie remains at number 4 with a solid second weekend on the box office with £723,125, a small 38% drop.
Highest new movie this weekend
Coming in at number 5, and on a weekend with little in the way of new releases is the new movie starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicholas Cage.
The movie which has not has the best of reviews from critics makes its debut with £680,661.
This weekend with the release of the highly anticipated Ridley Scott film Alien: Covenant we were always going to see a new film at the top, and Guardians gets push off by the Alien movie.
Despite the mediocre reviews the films launch has it enter the top with a weekend gross of &5.1 million, compared to its predecessor Prometheus this is a million lower.
Falling from the top is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 after a couple of weeks at the top, a £3,2 million weekend brings the films total to £33 million after 3 weeks of play.
Studios were a bit nervous to release new films against the Alien movie but Miss Sloan starring hot property Jessica Chastain entered the chart at 8 with just over £190,000.
Also new was the Cinema event feature Der Rosenkavalier: Met Opera 2017 which took a little over £313,000 and is at 6.
Beaty and The Beast is the longest running film on the box office with 9 weeks of release and has taken an amazing £71 million, its the 8th top grossing film ever in the UK.
Historical Charts
A year ago - Captain America Civil War remained at the top for a third week despite heavy competition from The Angry Birds Movie which entered at number 2.
Five years ago - Making it three weeks at the top was Avengers Assemble while Dark Shadows entered highest at number 3.
Ten years ago - Spider-Man 3 stayed at the top for a second weekend while 28 Weeks Later entered highest at number 2.
Fifteen years ago - About a Boy was the top film of the week for a third time while Dog Soldiers was the top new film at 3.
Twenty years ago - Staying at the top was Liar Liar while the top new film was at number 4 int the shape of Anaconda.
Twenty five years ago - Basic Instinct entered the chart at the top under a blanket of controversy while The Hand That Rocks The Cradle fell to number 2 on its 4th week of release.