£897.2 Thousand 
$40 Million 
$0 Inside Out 2 stays at the top of the US box office for a second weekend with a gross of $101 Million which takes its total US gross to an amazing $356.3 Million after just 2 weekends.
The movie is now the top grossing movie at the North American box office in 2024.
Highest new entry this weekend goes to The Bikeriders which lands at 3 with a debut gross of $9.6 Million.
The movie was not strong enough to take Bad Boys: Ride Or Die which had another good weekend with $18.8 Million taking its total to $147.
Highest new movie this weekend
The Expendables series of movies has proved popular enough at the box office that a 4th movie is now getting release, Expend4bles has been gives a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, gore, language, sex references.
Returning for the new movie is Jason Statham who has previously been in Fast & Furious 6 and Hummingbird along side action superstar Sylvester Stallone who has appeared in movies such as Rambo and its many sequels and Cobra.
On directing duties this time we have Scott Waugh who has helmed movies such as 6 Below Miracle On the Mountain and Act of Valour.
Movie Synopsis
Barney Ross and Lee Christmas embark on a high-stakes mission in Libya to thwart the notorious mercenary Rahmat from acquiring nuclear warheads coveted by the enigmatic Ocelot. This mission dredges up haunting memories for Ross, who previously failed to capture Ocelot 25 years ago.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Two weeks at the top of the UK box office this weekend for Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania while Cocain Bear is the top new movie.
Also new this week is What's Love Got to Do With It at number 4 and Broker at number 8 with £150,178, while finally at number 15 is Joyland with £61,461.
No move at the top for the Marvel, phase 5, sequel movie to Ant-Man which takes £2 Million on its second weekend, a bigger than expected 65% drop over last weekend.
The sequel movie from the Shrek universe stays put at number 2 on its 4th weekend and takes £1.7 Million in the process pushing the movie to £20 Million in total at the UK box office.
Highest new movie this weekend
The highest new movie of the weekend is from director Elizabeth Banks, and the last movie that veteran actor Ray Liotta made before his sad passing last year.
The movie takes an impressive £1.5 Million on its debut but it wasn't enough to dent the powerhouse that is becoming Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish at the top.
A new romantic comedy from the UK which seems to be a recipe for success after the likes of Last Christmas and Four Weddings and a funeral.
This new movie starring Lily James, and the obligatory Emma Thompson takes just over one million pound on its debut.
Falling to number 5 this week is the sequel movie from the Magic Mike series which take just under half a million pound on its 3rd weekend of release.
As the year 2023 rolls on into January there are movie new releases this weekend, but none were good enough to topple Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.
The highest new movie of the weekend is A Man Called Otto which is new at 4, also in the top 5 is the latest cinema event Andre Rieu: In Dublin 2023.
Further down the chart is Till which is new at 6 with £327,496, the action movie The Enforcer~2022 is new at 12 with £71,836 and finally there is a re-entry at 15 for Shrek, the 2001 animated hit movie which take £44,199.
The sequel movie to Avatar takes £5.8 Million on its 4th weekend of release which is a small 25% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a UK total of £57.2 Million, which almost by default makes it the top movie of 2023, and although its not the top movie released in 2022 it is catching Top Gun: Maverick and has grossed almost the same at that movie 4 weeks into its box office run.
The original movie has taken £41 Million 4 weeks into its run so this movie is well ahead of that and is set to out gross the 2009 film.
The bio-pic of Whitney Houston remains at number 2 for a second weekend with a gross of £1.3 Million, a 58% drop over its debut last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of £6.2 Million after 2 weekends of release.
The musical version of the Roald Dahl story Matilda remains at number 3 this weekend with a gross of £1.1 Million, a drop of 42%.
The movie has been a massive hit in the UK with a 3 week run at the top and after 7 weeks, all inside the top 3, the movie has taken £23.9 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend is the latest from Tom Hanks which is a remake of the Swedish movie A Man Called Ove from 2015.
THe movie takes £1.1 Million on its debut weekend of release in the UK.
No stranger to the box office, Andre Rieu's latest live concert offering where he is performing live in Dublin lands at number 5 this week.
The event movie takes £715,986 in screenings starting from Saturday 7th which is about on par with the violinists last concert Andre Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again which took £798,706 in August of 2022.
Last weekend Thor: Love and Thunder spent a second weekend at the top of the UK box office , there is 1 new releases this weekend, can it do enough to top the UK box office this weekend? Can it make its debut inside the top 5?
Here is this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.