James Cameron takes his third movie in the Avatar series to the top of the UK box office, although with the lowest debut gross of the series so far when adjusted for inflation.

The movie take just less than £10 Million over the weekend which is still good for the third in a series of movies but both the first two moves are global Billion dollar movies.

Last weeks top movie, Zootopia 2 falls to number 2 this weekend making for a Disney 1 2 double header.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st December 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,879,319 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,640,722 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £20,701,132 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,072,379 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £42,775,032 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £48,233,182 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £373,346 over the weekend, a 63% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,202,380 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £9,870,466 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

With a quiet weekend of new movies and the animated sequel Zootopia 2 hitting so well with audiences the Disney movie stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.

The movie takes a very respectable £2.7 Million on its second weekend of release which takes its total gross to £15.5 Million.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Downton Abbey satirical comedy Fackham Hall which takes less thank half a million on its debut.

Things are set to change big time next weekend with the release of the third movie in one of the highest grossing franchises of all time as Avatar Fire and Ask hit the bg screen.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th December 2025

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,856,430 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £40,724,713 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £43,634,853 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,016,400 over the weekend, a 69% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,280,982 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £8,712,935 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £407,006 over its debut weekend

Wonka spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office with a very good £6.3 Million second weekend, a small 29% drop over its debut.

This makes the movie the 13th top film of 2023 with a shot of making it into the top 10 before the end of the year.

The top new movie of the weekend in Godzilla Minus One which comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of £816,891.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th December 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £816,891 over its debut weekend

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £612,655 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £15,887,971 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took £26,671,519 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £499,388 over the weekend, a 47% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,474,810 over 4 weeks of release

The new re-image of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory story, Wonka is the top movie in the UK on its debut with a £5.8 Million gross.

This is lower than the Tom Burton movie from 2005 which took nearly £8 Million and starred Johnny Depp in the lead role of Wonka.

Last weeks top movie, Napoleon~2023 fell to number 4 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top and has a total of £11 Million.

With the Christmas season upon on now there are some festive movies on the box office this weekend in the shape of Elf, Home Alone and LoveActually.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th December 2023

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,119,644 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,804,888 over 3 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £961,055 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £14,791,638 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took £25,496,552 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £417,609 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,110,885 over 4 weeks of release

Staying at the top for a second weekend is Avatar: The Way of Water while coming in second on its debut is Puss In Boots: The Last Wish at number 2.

Also new this week is I Wanna Dance With Somebody at number 3 and Babylon at number 4 while Corsage is new at 13 with $32,000 and Living is ew at 15 with $21,233.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th December 2022

Two weeks at the top now for the James Cameron directed sequel movie which takes $64 Million over the Christmas weekend, and bearing in mind that Christmas Day fell on Sunday this weekend this is a 52% drop.

Comparing this to the first Avatar movie, in 2009 that movie took $75 Million on its second weekend so the sequel is tracking just over $10 Million below.

After 2 weeks the movie has taken $261 Million at the North American box office which is about $50 Million higer than Avatar at this stage.

The movie is already, after 10 days of release, the 8th top movie of 2022.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to Puss in Boots which itself is a spin off from the Shrek series of movies.

The movie makes its debut with a gross of $12.4 Million, which is considerably lower than the $34 Million of the 2011 first movie.

The Shrek series started way back in 2001 and was an instant hit with a $42 Million opening for the first movie, Shrek 2 opened in 2004 with $108 Million.

The bio-pic about superstar Whitney Houston and her rise to fame and premature death makes it debut at number 3 this weekend.

A $4.7 Million debut is disappointing and lower than expectations, Oscar buzz might give the movie a bit of a push but the future is looking like a quick release on streaming.

Another movie with an all star Oscar potential cast fails to perform at the box office this weekend as the new Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie double header lands at number 4.

A $3.6 Millon debut for a movie costing $80 Million is not a great result and the studio must be looking at way to increase the exposure of this movie.

Falling to number 5 this weekend is the Sata Claus meets Home Alone which takes $3.5 Million on its 7th weekend of release, a 30% drop over last week.

The movie has now taken $41 Million on its box office run as the movie hits streaming on Christmas eve.