The total gross of Avatar: The Way of Water passes another milestone in the UK box office after 5 weeks of release while the top new movie is at number 2 with horror movie M3GAN.

The is a whole host of other new releases this weekend including Empire of Light new at 3, Varisu new at 7 with £648,230, TAR new at 8 with £394,649.

While just outside the top 10 there is Waltair Veerayya new at 12 with £123,174, Enys Men new at 14 with £103,250 and finally Veera Simha Reddy new at 15 with £95,423.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 13th - 15th January 2023

Now on its 5th weekend of release the sequel movie takes £4.7 Million over the weekend, a very good 29% drop over last weekend.

The Avatar sequel continues to push its gross towards the £100 Million mark in the UK as it passes the £60 Million mark with a total gross of £63 Million.

The movie is the top grossing film of 2022 so far and is now the 21st top movie ever in the UK, it will enter the top 20 by next weekend and maybe even enter the top 15.

Highest new movie this weekend

The start of a new horror franchise as director Gerard Johnstone brings us the story of an AI doll that will do anything to protect her owner.

The movie makes its UK debut at number 2 with a gross of £2.3 Million which makes it the 5th top movie of 2022.

Also new at number 3 this weekend is the new movie from the critically acclaimed director Sam Mandes and starring the British National Treasure that is Oscar winner Olivia Coleman.

The movie has had a hard release schedule across the globe but makes an impressive debut here in the UK with £1.7 Million on its debut weekend.

Falling to number 4, from 2, this week is the Whitney Houston bio-pic which takes £1.1 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 21% drop over last week.

The movie has taken a fairly respectable total gross of £8.2 Million in the UK and its the second top movie if 2022 after 2 weeks of the year.

The former number 1 movie falls to number 5 this weekend with £857,293, a 27% drop over last week.

The movie has now taken a fantastic £25 Million at the UK box office as it starts its decent down the chart.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 13th January 2023, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• M3GAN
• Enys Men
• Empire of Light
• TAR

M3GAN

• The movie is directed by Gerard Johnstone, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Gerard Johnstone also directed Housebound in 2014.
• It stars Allison Williams who also starred in Peter Pan Live (2014).
• The film also stars Violet McGraw who was last seen in Black Widow (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Enys Men

• The movie is directed by Mark Jenkin, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Mark Jenkin also directed Golden Burn in 2002.
• It stars Mary Woodvine who also starred in Dressing Granite (2007).
• The film also stars Edward Rowe who was last seen in Bait (2019).
• They also appeared together in Bait in 2019.
• Mark Jenkin directed Mary Woodvine in The Midnight Drives
• Mark Jenkin directed Edward Rowe in Bait
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Empire of Light

• The movie is directed by Sam Mendes, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Sam Mendes also directed Skyfall in 2012 which grossed £102.9 Mil. in the UK and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Olivia Colman who also starred in Mothering Sunday (2021).
• The film also stars Micheal Ward who was last seen in Beauty (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

TAR

• The movie is directed by Todd Field, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Todd Field also directed In the Bedroom in 2002 which grossed £662.8K in the UK.
• It stars Cate Blanchett who also starred in Ponyo (2008).
• The film also stars Noemie Merlant who was last seen in Paris, 13th District (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there is 1 new movie released

• Babylon - Friday, 20th January