US release: 1st July 2022
Australia release: 16th June 2022
India release: 24th June 2022
£47.9 Million 
$370.3 Million 
$940.2 Million Sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water remains at the top of the UK box office for a third weekend as Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody comes in at number 2 on its debut.
Spending a third week on top of the UK box office is the sequel movie to Avatar which takes £7.6 Million, a 35% increase on its Christmas weekend total.
The movie has now taken a magnificent £44.9 Million at the UK box office after 3 weeks of release.
It is £12 Million ahead of Avatar at the same point of its run and for many years that was the top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
The movie is the 3rd top grossing film of 2022, but is fast catching Top Gun: Maverick and will likely be the top grossing movie released in 2022 before the end of its run.
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The bio-pic of Whitney Houston starring Naomi Ackie and directed by Kasi Lemmons got released on Boxing Day this year and lands at number 2 on the UK box office.
The movie takes £3.3 Million on its debut despite getting quite a panning from critics.
The movie is looking for Oscar glory which if it achieves could boost the gross quite a but especially around the February window, and even more so if it wins!
Falling to number 2 this weekend is the musical version of the Roald Dahl story of Matilda which takes £2 Million over the New Year weekend, a 45% increase over last weekend.
The former number 1 movie has now taken £20.8 Million over its 6 weeks of release.
The sequel movie to Black Panther climbs back up the box office to number 4 this weekend with a gross of £436,156, a 54% increase over last weekend.
The movies weekend gross being so low and the movie still climbing to number 4 is a reflection of the current state of the box office and shows how much Avatar: The Way of Water is taking from the box office.
The movie has taken a total of £33.2 Million in the UK and is well below that of the first movie which had taken nearly £50 Million 8 weeks into its run.
Disney's latest animated movie, which had been considered a relative flop at the box officem, climbs to number 5 this weekend with a gross of £280,777, a 49% increase.
The movie has grossed a total of £3.1 Million at the UK box office which is about half that of Disney's previous movie Encanto.
With the Marvel sequel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever making debut on the UK office this weekend there were no other new releases as the movie slides into the top spot with a £13 Million Uk opening.
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As is the trend in cinemas in the modern era, with a new Marvel and Disney movie there is a new box office number 1 and it is a mjor even for the week of release.
With the release of the Black Panther sequel we get the first movie in the series since the passing of its star Chadwick Boseman which the movie deal with in the opening act of the film.
The movie makes its debut with a fantastic £13 Million debut weekend, although this is lower than the £17 Million Black Panther took on its debut in 2018.
In comparison to Black Adam which this film replaces at the top, that movie took £5.6 Million on its debut, in comparison to the last MCU movie, Thor: Love and Thunder which was also a sequel albeit the fourth in the series, that took £12.2 Million, so generally in the same ballpark.
The movie is also responsible for nearly 80% of the total of this weekends top 15 movies.
The Black Panther series, as well as Marvel in general, has a very strong fanbase who will keep this on the box office until the end of the year.
The Dwayne Johnson starring super hero movie falls to number 2 this weekend after 3 weeks at the top with a gross of £786,226, a large 61% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £18.6 Million after 4 weeks of release.
The Children's book adaptation falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of £647,000, a small 34% drop over last weekend.
The movie has turned into a major hit and has currently taken £11.5 Million in the UK after 5 weeks on the chart, all of them inside the top 5.
The Irish Oscar contender falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of £560,627, a 43% drop over last weekend.
The charming and heartwarming movie starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson and directed by Martin McDonagh has taken £7.5 Million in the UK after 4 weeks of release.
Director Oliver Hermanus's movie starring Bill Nighy falls to number 5 this weekend, its second, with £492,047, a 27% drop, giving the movie a total UK gross of £1.7 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.
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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.
Children's movie Lyle Lyle Crocodile is the top new movie of the weekend beating Halloween Ends to the top on their debut weekends of release.
Also new this weekend is The Legend of Maula Jatt at number 9 with £315,219 and Emily at number 10 with £276,322.
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Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck the movie based on the children's book of the same name lands on the UK box office at the top this weekend.
With the release of Halloween Ends this weekend it was presumed that would get to the top but the crocodile movie takes the top spot with its advance screenings, without them the movie does land at number 2.
The movie takes £2.7 Million over the weekend and £1.7 Million without previews.
The last in the (current) Halloween trilogy lands on the box office at number 2 this weekend, ot if we take out the advance screenings of Lyle Lyle Crocodile it actually lands at the top.
The movie makes a debut gross of £2.1 Million which is well above the previous David Gordon Green directed Halloween~2018 movie, Haloween Kills which landed at number 3 with £1.6 Million, but that movie was delayed a year and released during the pandemic.
The horror movie of the moment falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 week stint at the top of the UK box office.
On its 3rd weekend the movie takes £1.4 Million, a 17% drop over last weekend which gives the movie a total UK gross of £7.2 Million.
The George Clooney and Julia Roberts starring romantic comedy remains at number 4 this weekend on its 4th weekend of release.
Taking £617,041, a small 28% drop over last week, now on its 4th weekend the movie has taken a very reasonable £7.7 Million.
Despite the controversy surrounding this movie, and that it was a relative flop in the US the movie has done reasonably well in the UK, I guess the British love Florence Pugh and Harry Styles!
The movie takes £610,841 on its 4th weekend of release as it falls to number 5, this is a 40% drop over last weekend and gives the movie a total UK gross of £9.3 Million, the £10 Million milestone is just around the corner.
Horror movie Smile~2022 remains at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend as The Woman King enters at number 2 as the top new movie of the week.
Meanwhile Amsterdam~2022 makes its box office debut at number 5 and The Lost King is new at 7 with £368,753.
At the lower end of the box office at number 12 is a new entry for Babe Bhangra Paunde Ne with £100,437 and one place below is Godfather with £93,212
Making it 2 weeks at the top is the low budget horror movie which on its second weekend of release takes £1.7 Million, a very small 8% drop over last weekend.
If you remove the advanced screening from last weekend which added over £2 Million to the weekend total, the movie took £1.5 Million last weekend Friday - Monday which gives it a 17% increase weekend over weekend.
The movie has taken a total of £4.7 Million in the UK, but with Halloween on our doorsteps and a host of horror movies being released, including the high profile Halloween Ends this movie could sink fast.
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With a critically acclaimed performance from star Viola Davis the highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of £1.3 Million.
The movie is a strong contender for Oscar recognition at next years ceremony which could see it hang around for a while, and potentially have a second bite of the box office next February.
Falling to number 3 this weekend, but the Florence Pugh and Harry Styles starring movie is doing better in the UK than it is in other territories.
The movie take just over £1 Million on its third weekend of release, which is down 44% from last weekend which gives the movie a UK total of £8.2 Million.
With the star powere the film has it has clearly not performed to the standard hoped by the studio, but in the UK at least it has been a minor hit.
The George Clooney and Julia Roberts double header continues to pull in the crowds as its spends a third weekend inside the top 5 at number 4 with £861,172, a 36% drop over last weekend.
The movie now has a total UK gross of £6.7 Million after 3 weeks of release.
A high profile cast including Margot Robbie, Christian Bale and John David Washington has not stopped this movie from being critically panned and not making an impact on the UK box office as it makes its debut at number 4 this weekend.
A debut gross of £632,722 and an entry at number 5 will see it sing out of the box office fast having spent a single weekend at the top end of the box office.