A battle for the top of the UK box office happened this weekend and where Furiosa was the favourite to win it ended up with The Garfield Movie topping the UK box office.

The big orange cat this week took £2.1 Million at the UK box office, compared to the last big screen Garfield movie, Garfield 2 from 2006, this is higher as that movie took £739,560.

Making a new entry at number 2 is the latest in the now long running Mad Max saga, Furiosa which just misses out on a place at he top having taken just under £2 Million on its debut.

Last weeks number 1 film, IF~2024 falls to number 3 this weekend after a single week at the top and has taken £4.6 Million to date.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th May 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,969,140 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,631,942 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,609,449 over 2 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £752,683 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £9,544,080 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2024

As cinemas in the UK close their doors for a second time in 2020 due to a government enforced lockdown to control the COVID-19 pandemic this weeks new releases are slim and share a same date release with a home digital release. There are 3 new releases looking to take your, last week saw Two By Two: Overboard! spend a second week at the top of the UK box office.

Words On Bathroom Walls

• The movie is directed by Thor Freudenthal
• Thor Freudenthal also directed The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez in 2016.
• It stars AnnaSophia Robb who last starred in Freak Show (2018).
• The film also stars Walton Goggins who last appeared in Them That Follow (2019).

Luxor

• This new release stars Andrea Riseborough who's last film was The Grudge (2020)
• It also stars Michael Landes who appeared in Angel Has Fallen (2019).
• The film is brought to us by 2 time director Zeina Durra.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run

• The movie is directed by Tim Hill who directed Garfield 2 in 2006.
• It stars Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke who were last seen together in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water which grossed £7,989,048.

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• A Place Among The Dead, Monday, 9th November
• Love Spreads, Friday, 13th November
• The Last Shift, Friday, 13th November
• Hillbilly Elegy, Friday, 13th November