This weeks new releases didn't make too much of an impact on the UK box office as Sonic the Hedgehog 2 goes back to the top as Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore doesn't perform as well as expected.

Highest new movie of the weekend is the Nicholas Cage parody movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which can only manage an entry at 7 with £516,697 while FirebirdHappening is at 14 with £27,702 and finally Jersey enters at 15 with £23,830.

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

This weekends new releases and the bad performance of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has given the video game adaptation a chance to go back to the top of the box office and a couple of weeks at number 2 and 3.

The movie took £1.6 Million over the weekend to go back to the top, only a 20% drop over last weekend, which gives it a total gross of £20.2 Million over 4 weeks of release.

It is performing better than Sonic the Hedgehog which at this stage in its run has taken £18 Million, and the movie is the 5th top film of 2022.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The third movie in the Fantastic Beasts series is not performing as well as expected and this weekend remains at number 2 with £1.6 Million, a 40% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken £16.4 Million in the UK which is well below the previous 2 movies, it is currently the 6th top movie of 2022 in the UK.

The Lost City

Falling to number 3 after a single week at the top where it debuted last weekend the action comedy from directors Adam and Aaron Nee takes £1.3 Million this week, a 50% drop, for a total of £5.6 Million.

Operation Mincemeat

Director John Madden's war drama jumps up to number 4 this weekend from its debut of 5 last weekend with £758,698, a small 15% drop, giving the film a £2.6 Million total after 2 weeks of release.

The Bad Guys

A slim 6% drop for the animated movie gives it a climb to number 5 this weekend with £738,011 for a £9.3 Million total after 4 weeks of release.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 22nd April 2022, there are 2 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Lost City from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
• Firebird

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

• The movie is directed by Tom Gormican, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Tom Gormican also directed That Awkward Moment in 2014 which grossed £2.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Knowing (2009).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who was last seen in We Can Be Heroes (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Firebird

• The movie is from director Peeter Rebane.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tom Prior who also starred in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015).
• The film also stars Oleg Zagorodnii who is making a feature film debut.
• 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

• Downton Abbey: A New Era - Friday, 29th April