US release: 22nd November 2019
£53.5 Million 
$477.4 Million 
$1.5 Billion Disney returns to the animated scene this month with Wish which has been given a U age rating in the UK for mild fantasy threat, very mild rude humour, language
The movie features the voice of Evan Peters who has previously starred in Deadpool 2 and American Animals, it also features Chris Pine who has been seen in Into the Woods and The Finest Hours as well as playing Captain Kirk in the rebooted Star Trek movies.
The movie is co-directed by Chris Buck who has directed animated movie Surf's Up and was the co-director of Frozen~2013 and its sequel Frozen II and Fawn Veerasunthorn who is making a feature film debut.
Movie Synopsis
A young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Barbie this weekend becomes the first movie directed solely by a female director to reach the $1 Billion club.
Honory mention has to go to Frozen~2013 and Frozen II director Jennifer Lee who was the co-director on both movies which made $1.2 Billion and she is now the Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Despite this Barbie got knocked off the top spot on the global box office this weekend by Meg 2: The Trench which took over $140 Million on its debut.
Highest new movie this weekend
The Ridley Scott directed House of Gucci made its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend beating out Encanto which came in at number 3.
Outside the top 5 the cinema showing of Anything Goes: The Musical was new at number 7 with £371,879 while at number 11 A Boy Called Christmas was new with £81,228.
Finally in the top 15 was Antim at number 14 with £60,874 and Maanaadu at number 15 with £54,898.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 26th - 28th November 2021
Hitting the top on its debut weekend the movie stars Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in this true life drama brought to us by maverick director Ridley Scott.
The movie tops the box office with a debut gross of £2.4 Million, the lowest debut since Free Guy back in August 2021.
Although compared to director Ridley Scotts last movie, which also starred Adam Drive, The Last Duel it is far higher as that movie surprisingly underperformed.
The movie has a long way to go in order to beat Lady Gaga's last movie which was the 2018 A Star is Born which took over £30 Million at the UK box office.
Falling to number 2 after a single week at the top is the Ghostbusters sequel which takes just over £2 Million on its second weekend of release, a 51% drop over its debut gross.
This puts the movies total at £7.5 Million which puts it on almost the same footing at the 2016 re-boot, if maybe a little higher.
Disney bring their latest animated feature to the big screen only, and unlike the rest of the world where it is the top movie it lands on the UK box office at number 3.
The movie makes its debut with £1.7 Million which is far better than their previous animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon which took less than a million but that was during the pandemic.
Their previous movie to that was Frozen II which made its debut in 2019 with over £15 Million, but this is a new IP and that has a massive built in audience, in all this is not great for a Disney labeled animation.
Disney again, this time with their Marvel studios as the Chloe Zhao directed feature falls to number 4 with £586,304, a 52% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £13.8 Million and it is the 10th top movie of 2021.
The 25th James Bond movie falls to number 5 this weekend with £492,635, a 48% drop over last week which isn't bad for a movie which is 9 weeks on the box office.
The film has now taken £95.5 Million at the UK box office and it takes the honor this week of slipping up to number 3 on the list of all UK time movies having Jumped over Spectre this week.
To go any higher it needs to break the £100 Million mark, a feat only achieved by 2 movies on the UK, Skyfall and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but its probably a feat too far for this movie.
With the pandemic ending the UK box office for the second time take a look back at what films were making the headlines over the years.
No. 1 and highest debut: - 1917 starring Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay and directed by Sam Mendes
Longest run: - Frozen II which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker which had taken £54.9 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £108.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - The Hateful Eight directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Spectre which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - The Kings Speech starring Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter and directed by Tom Hooper
Top total grossing and longest run: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 which had taken £50.6 Million over 8 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - King Kong which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Just Friends directed by Roger Kumble and starring Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart which entered the box office at number 3.
Longest run: - The Constant Gardener which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire which had taken £47.6 Million after 8 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Unbreakable which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee and starring Yun-Fat Chow and Michelle Yeoh which entered the box office at number 4.
Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £17 Million over 15 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Seven starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher
Top total grossing and longest run: - Goldeneye which had taken £17.2 Million over 7 weeks of release.
Cinema closures still effect the UK box office in 2020 so we take a look at past box office weeks over the last 30 years.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Jumanji: The Next Level starring Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black and directed by Jake Kasdan
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 27 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Frozen II which had taken £38.3 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which had been at the top for 4 weeks.
Highest debut: - directed by and starring which entered the box office at number 5.
Top total grossing and longest run: - Spectre which had taken £92 Million over 7 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - TRON Legacy starring Jeff Bridges and Garrett Hedlund and directed by Joseph Kosinski
Longest run: - Due Date which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 which had taken £44.4 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - King Kong starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black and directed by Peter Jackson
Longest run: - Nanny Mcphee which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire which had taken £42.3 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Meet The Parents starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller and directed by Jay Roach
Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £16.6 Million over 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Babe starring Christine Cavanaugh and Miriam Margolyes and directed by Chris Noonan
Longest run: - Crimson Tide which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Goldeneye which had taken £16 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Home Alone which had been at the top for 1 weeks and with a total gross of £4.3 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Miami Blues directed by George Armitage and starring Fred Ward and Alec Baldwin which entered the box office at number 3.
Longest run: - Betsys Wedding which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.