The spin off movie series from the smash hit TV series Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale hits the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend with an excellent £4.4 Million debut.

The movie follows two previous big screen adaptations which took just over £5 Million for the forst movie and just over £3 Million for the follow up Downton Abbey A New Era.

The movie knocks The Conjuring: Last Rites from the top after a single week, the movie has taken £12 Million to date.

Coming in at number 2 is the animated movie Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle which takes £3.4 Million on its debut.

This is not only 6 times the debut gross of the previous movie in the series but os one of the top debuts for an animated movie.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th September 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,464,393 over its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which took £641,878 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,806,296 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,351,371 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It which took £5,312,625 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £939,257 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,344,458 over 3 weeks of release

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Downton Abbey: The Grand Final which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Simon Curtis
• It stars Harry Hadden-Paton (In the Loop) and Joely Richardson (The Bostonians) among others.
• The movie also stars Michelle Dockery, Paul Giamatti Paul and Dominic West
• The release date in the UK is 12th September 2025
• While the North American release date is set for 12th September 2025

Synopsis for Downton Abbey The Grand Final

The time has come to say goodbye

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

Last weekend saw Ghostbusters: Afterlife at the top of the UK box office, with 4 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• House of Gucci
• Encanto
• A Boy Called Christmas
• Pirates

House of Gucci

• The movie is directed by Ridley Scott, it is the directors 31st movie.
• Ridley Scott also directed All the Money In the World in 2018 which grossed £3.3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Lady Gaga who also starred in A Star Is Born (2018).
• The film also stars Adam Driver who last appeared in The Last Duel (2021).
• UK Box Office Prediction: Number 2

Encanto

• The movie is directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jared Bush and Byron Howard also directed Zootopia in 2016 which grossed £23.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Stephanie Beatriz who also starred in Short Term 12 (2013).
• The film also stars Maria Cecilia Botero who is making a feature film debut.
• UK Box Office Prediction: Number 5

A Boy Called Christmas

• The movie is directed by Gil Kenan, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Gil Kenan also directed Monster House in 2006 which grossed £6.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $141.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Maggie Smith who also starred in Downton Abbey (2019).
• The film also stars Isabella O'Sullivan who is making a feature film debut.

Pirates

• The movie is from director Reggie Yates
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Elliot Edusah who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Jordan Peters who last appeared in Blue Story (2019).

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

• The Power of the Dog, Monday, 11th October
• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Friday, 3rd December
• Silent Night, Friday, 3rd December
• Blue Bayou, Friday, 3rd December
• Christmas With Andre, Saturday, 4th December

The anticipation is starting to grow for the Downton Abbey sequel movie, but your going to have to wait a few months longer as the release has been moved from December 2021 to March 18th 2022.

A new era begins. The entire Downton cast is back for #DowntonAbbey: A New Era, with Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West joining. See the film only in cinemas 18 March 2022. pic.twitter.com/BaUhJD3ib8

— Universal Pictures UK (@universaluk) August 26, 2021

The new movie has also been given a new title, no longer will be be simply a a sequel as the new title is Downton Abbey: A New Era.

This clearly conjures up connotation of the passing of the flame to the next residence of the famous old house, but lets see when we get more information.

The movie is directed Simon Curtis and stars among others Dominic West, Michelle Dockery and Maggie Smith.

With no box office charts being produced during the now global COVID-19 pandemic lets take a look at the home entertainment charts once again.

Frozen II unsurprisingly remains at the top, as it will do for the foreseeable future I expect, but we see a high new entry as Jumaji: The Next Level enters at number 2.

Frozen II

Brought onto streaming services ahead of schedule the smash hit theatrical hit follow up to Frozen remains at the top of the chart for a third week.

Jumanji: The Next Level

Released into theatres towards the end of 2019 the movie took an excellent £36 Million over 11 weeks of release hitting the top spot on its debut.

The film is the highest new entry on this week chart at number 2.

Knives Out

Rian Johnsons whodunnit movie starring Daniel Craig remains at number 3 this week as it spends a third week on the chart.

Bloodshot

Brought onto streaming services after only a week at the box office the film is a bit of a flop for Vin Diesel, this week the film remains at number 4 on its second weekend of release.

Le Mans '66

The Oscar nominated film falls to number 5 this week on its fourth week on the home entertainment chart.

Here is the full top 10 home entertainment chart (disk sales and streaming services)

1. Frozen II
2. Jumanji: The Next Level
3. Knives Out
4. Bloodshot
5. Le Mans '66
6. Downton Abbey
7. Rocketman
8. Joker
9. Trolls
10. Charlie's Angels