
US release: 14th October 2022
Egypt release: 12th October 2022
France release: 12th October 2022




£4.9 Million
$63.5 Million
$102.9 Million New horror film Prey for the Devil is the top new movie of the weekend as it makes its debut at number 3 with Black Adam remaining at the top for a second weekend.
Event movie Coldplay - Music of the Spheres: Live Broadcast From Buenos Aires is the only other new entry on the top 15 movies this weekend at number 11 with $1,015,000.
After hitting the top of the North American box office on its debut the Dwayne Johnson starring movie remains there for a second weekend with $27.4 Million, a hefty 59% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $110.9 Million in North America as it passes the one hundred million milestone after 2 weeks of release.
The George Clooney and Julie Roberts starring movie must be the sleeper hit of the summer as the movie continues to do well in North America after its success across the rest of the world.
This weekend the movie takes $9.8 Million which is a 40% drop over last weekend giving it a $33 Million total after 2 weeks fo release.
Highest new movie this weekend
The highest new entry this weekend comes in at number 3 as the Halloween season start to conclude we get this horror movie from director Daniel Stamm.
The movie makes its North American debut with a gross of $7.1 Million, not bad for a very low budget film but it could almost sink without trace by next weekend.
The horror movie of the season falls a single place this weekend to number 4 as it fails to capitalise on the Halloween season.
With a weekend gross of $5.4 Million, a 36% drop over last weekend, the film has been far from a flop as its total gross rises $92 Million.
It is chasing the one hundred million milestone which the movie may struggle with now the horror season is over and done with.
The last of the current Halloween trilogy struggles to make a mark at the box office as its falls to number 5 5 this weekend with $4 Million, a 49% drop.
This gives the movie a US total gross of $60 Million after 3 weeks of release.
As Black Adam spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office the top new movie of the weekend comes in at number 4 with horror movie Prey For the Devil to celebrate the halloween season.
Also new inside the top 5 is the event movie Coldplay Music of the Spheres Live Broadcast From Buenos Aires while outside the top 5 a 20th anniversary release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is new at 7 with £454,250.
American hit movie Barbarian~2022 makes a disappointing entry at 8 with £380,812, also Triangle of Sadness is new at 10 with £308,950 and surprisingly celebrated LGBQ comedy BROS is new at 11 with £215,612.
A second weekend at the top for the DC super hero movie starring Dwayne Johnson which takes £3.4 Million, a reasonable 38% drop over last weekend.
In comparison Shazam! from 2019 took £2.1 Million on its second weekend which was also a new unknown IP for Warner Bros., although it didn't have the big star name attached.
The movie has taken £13.4 Million in the UK after its 2 weeks (10 days) of release.
Jumping back up the chart to number 2 this weekend of the children's book adaptation which takes £1.4 Million, an incredible 4% increase over last weekend.
This gives the movie a totak UK gross of £9 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Falling to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at number 2 is the Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson friendship drama which takes £1.2 Million, a 23% drop over its debut.
This gives the Irish drama/comedy a total gross of £4.2 Million in the United Kingdom after 2 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend celebrates the Halloween season as the horror movies directed by Daniel Stamm makes its debut at number 4.
The season peaked early this year with Smile~2022 and Halloween Ends having already made their mark on the box office and this movie makes its debut with £859,717.
Interestingly with halloween on a Monday this year both Smile~2022 and Halloween Ends suffered significant drop this weekend and couldn't capitalise on the season.
Event movies have become a staple of the box office in recent years and for those unable to get to the event Coldplay broadcast their latest concert in theatres starting on Thursday of last week.
Over the weekend the concert pulled in a total gross of £745,541 with repeat showings bound to push it over the Million mark in the coming weeks.
The start of a new IP for the DC Extended Universe as Dwayne Johnson stars as the superhero Black Adam which makes its debut at the top of the US box office.
Also new this week is the release of Ticket to Paradise which makes its debut at 2 this weekend.
Highest new movie this weekend
Starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson the latest superhero to get unleashed onto the big screen makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.
Taking a reasonable $67 Million on its debut this is fairly good for a DC/Warner Bros. movie but this set od superheros can't match that of their Marvel rivals.
The movie has a clear road for the next few weeks until Disney release the Black Panther sequel in early November.
In an unusual movie the new George Clooney and Julia Roberts movie gets a release weeks behind the rest of the world, and it goes up against Black Adam, a very strange situation!
The movie has been a surprise hit globally having taken close to $100 Million, and it makes its debut in North America with $16 Million, no where near the number 1 movie but not bad.
Despite the movie seeming like an Adam sandler and Drew Barrymore reject it seems to be wowing audience and could potentially fulfil the need for people looking for a non special effects laden end of the year.
The horror movie of the season falls to number 3 this weekend with $8.3 Million as it suffers a slight pre halloween slump, this is 34% down on last week.
The movie has taken $84 Million in total over its 4 weeks of release, it could see a climb next weekend over the Halloween period and $100 Million would not be unreachable.
The last of the last trilogy of Halloween movies falls to number 4 this weekend after making its debut at the top with a gross of $8 Million, a very large 80% drop.
Bear in mind the it got a simultaneous cinema and streaming release, the movie has taken $54.1 Million to date, this is lower than either of the other 2 movies.
It may get a boost next weekend and then it will slip away quietly until the next reboot of the franchise!
The children's book adaptation falls to number 5 this weekend with $4.2 Million a 43% drop on its 3th weekend of release giving it a total North American gross of $28 Million.
Starring Dwayne Johnson Black Adam, the latest superhero movie from the DC Universe stable of films hits the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.
Irish friendship drama The Banshees of Inisherin is new at number 2, while outside the top 5 there is a new entry for Chinese drama Decision to Leave which enters at 6 with £410,107.
Highest new movie this weekend
Starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role the latest movie from the Warner Bros. DC Extended Universe of movies makes its debut at the top of the box office.
The movie makes its debut with a gross of £1.6 Million which is lower that The Batman from earlier this year, but this is a new IP and that was from one of the longest renning series of movies starring a DC superhero.
The movie has little competition in the coming weeks but come 11th November it we get the Black Panther sequel!
Starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson this lighthearted drama about friendship comes from the director who brought us the critically acclaimed In Bruges
The movie lands at numebr 2 this weekend with an incredible gross of £1.6 Million, quite a bit higher that In Bruges which took £343,760 on its debut, that movie was a bit of a sleeper hit and went on the take £4.7 Million over 15 weeks.
After making its debut at the top last weekend the childrens book brought to the big screen by directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck falls to number 3.
The movie takes £1.4 Million on its second weekend of release, a 48% drop over last weekend giving the movie a UK total of £4.9 Million.
The horror movie of the moment falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of £996,477 on its 4th weekend, this is a 30% drop over last week.
THe movie has now taken an amazing £9 Million in the UK as it get close to the £10 Million milestone.
It will most likely see a bump in taking next weekend as the Halloween season is in full swing and audiences are looking for the scare over the weekend.
The last in the last trilogy of Halloween movies falls to number 5 this weekend with £703,338, a large 67% drop over last week.
The movie now has a total UK gross of £3.6 Million, and despite the fact it could get a boost from the Halloween season next week it will finish off its box office run the lowest of this trilogy of movies.
Last weekend Halloween Ends was at the top of the North American box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?
Here are this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.