The release of a new Ghostbusters movie should be something to celebrate, but with bad critical reviews, but better audience ratings, the movie comes in with a debut gross of just over £4 Million.
This is in the same ballpark as the previous movie, Ghostbusters Afterlife which took £4.3 Million on its debut.
Dune: Part Two falls to number 2 after 3 weeks at the top and has a total UK gross of £18.9 Million as it races towards the £20 Million milestone.
Immaculate starring Sydney Sweeney is also new this weekend with a debut gross of just over half a million pound and comes in at number 3.
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Dune: Part Two spends its third weekend at the top of the UK box office this weekend as its total gross raises to over £26 Million with a £4 Million third weekend.
This makes the movie the top grossing movie of 2024, it overtakes the other Timothée Chalamet movie from late last year Wonka.
With no major new releases this weekend the rest of the top 5 either stay put or change places slightly, with the top new movie coming in at number 6.
Drive-Away Dolls, a solo effort from diretor Ethan Coen, who normally directs with his brother Joel, lands with a debut gross of £278,082 .
The major studios have given the hit movie Dune: Part Two room to breathe at the box office as it comfortably spends a second weekend at the top of the movie charts.
The film took around £5.8 Million to give the movie a total UK gross of £19.3 Million to date.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the horror film Imaginary which takes £650,705 on its debut and lands at number 5.
Highest new movie this weekend
Director Denis Villeneuve brings his second part of the Dune~2020 story to the big screen, and unlike the forst part this movie doesn't have to deal with a pandemic and opens to just over £9 Million.
The original movie which was delayed until 2021 took £5.8 Million on its debut, at the time this was good for a movie after all the COVID19 cinema closures.
Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to second place this week after 2 weekends at the top, the movie has taken an excellent £4,2 Million in total box office grosses.
Madame Web hangs on for another weekend on the top 5 bit with a total gross of only £3.9 Million it will be one of the lowest grossing superhero movie in the modern era.
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The biopic Bob Marley: One Love remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend with a gross fo $13 Million which gives the movies total gross a boost to just voer $71 Million.
Highest new entry this weekend is the Japanese animated movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of $11.5 Million.
Also new this weekend coming in at number 3 is Ordinary Angels which has a debut gross of $6.5 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend