The sleeper hit movie of the summer, Free Guy, kept a challenge from newcomer Candyman away with ease this weekend to remain at the top of the UK box office charts.

The horror movie retelling was the top new movie of the weekend at at number 2 while Andre Rieu's 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again concert film made an impressive new entry at number 4.

Also new this week were Our Ladies at number 12 with £124,295 and The Nest at number 13 with £121,186.

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• Number 1 - Free Guy (3rd Weekend)
• Highest debut - Candyman (@2)
• Longest run - Space Jam: A New Legacy and The Croods: A New Age (7 weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Suicide Squad (£13.2 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 27th - 29th August 2021

Free Guy

The Ryan Reynold starring movie spends a third straight weekend at the top of the UK box office despite a challenge from the highly hyped retelling of the Candyman movie.

The video game inspired action movie took £1.6 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, again having a slim 29% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken £10.6 Million at the UK box office and has climbed to number 8 on the top movie of 2021 in the UK.

Candyman

The retelling of the 1992 movie Candyman from director Nia DaCosta makes its box office debut at number 2 this weekend with £1.1 Million.

Figures for the box office are hard to come by but the original movie made its debut with a similar figure back in March of 1993. its nearly 30 years later and the world is still in the midst of a pandemic so comparisons are unfair.

The PAW Patrol: Movie

The kids TV show favourite on the bog screen falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of £563,145, a 45% drop over the previous weekend.

The movie has now taken £5.6 Million over its 3 weeks of release and is actually the 12 top movie of 2021.

Andre Rieu's 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again

The Dutch violinist known as "King of the Waltz" has a solid fan base and his cinema events concert have alway done well in the UK, especially his Christmas ones which can bring in a few million at the box office.

This latest summer concert of his makes its box office debut at number 4 this weekend with £420,056.

Jungle Cruise

Disney's action movie based on a theme park ride drops to number 5 this weekend with £402,715, 38% down on last weekend, for a 5 week total of £10.9 Million and the 7th top movie of 2021 in the UK.

This weekend, Friday 27th August 2021, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Free Guy, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Candyman
• Our Ladies
• Demonic
• The Nest
• The Last Bus

Candyman

• The movie is directed by Nia DaCosta, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Nia DaCosta also directed The Marvels in 2022.
• It stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who also starred in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
• The film also stars Teyonah Parris who last appeared in The Photograph (2020).

Our Ladies

• The movie is directed by Michael Caton-Jones, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Michael Caton-Jones also directed This Boys Life in 1993 which grossed £81.5 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Ross Anderson who also starred in Wolf (2019).
• The film also stars Tony Atherton who is making a feature film debut.

Demonic

• The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Neill Blomkamp also directed Chappie in 2015 which grossed £2.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Carly Pope who also starred in Poor Richards Almanack (2016).
• The film also stars Chris William Martin who last appeared in The Age of Adaline (2015).

The Nest

• The movie is directed by Sean Durkin, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sean Durkin also directed Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2012 which grossed £110.2 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Jude Law who also starred in The Third Day: Autumn (2020).
• The film also stars Carrie Coon who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

The Last Bus

• The movie is directed by Gillies MacKinnon, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Gillies MacKinnon also directed The Playboys in 1992.
• It stars Phyllis Logan who also starred in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The film also stars Timothy Spall who last appeared in Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019).
• They also appeared together in Secrets & Lies (1996).

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

Next weeks there are 7 new movies released

• Time Rewind, Tuesday, 31st August
• Infinite, Wednesday, 1st September
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Friday, 3rd September
• Cinderella, Friday, 3rd September
• Annette, Friday, 3rd September
• Here Today, Friday, 3rd September
• Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, Friday, 3rd September

This weekend starting Friday 20th August 2021, there are 7 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the UK box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Free Guy, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan
• Pig
• Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
• Reminiscence
• The Night House
• Demonic
• Censor

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan

• The movie is from director Jack Clough
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Asim Chaudhry who also starred in Louis Wain (2021).
• The film also stars Allan Mustafa who last appeared in Love Wedding Repeat (2020).

Pig

• The movie is from director Michael Sarnoski
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in The Croods: A New Age (2020).
• The film also stars Alex Wolff who last appeared in Old (2021).

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

• The movie is directed by Robert Schwentke, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Robert Schwentke also directed The Family Jewels in 2003.
• It stars Henry Golding who also starred in Monsoon (2019).
• The film also stars Andrew Koji who last appeared in Trendy (2017).

Reminiscence

• The movie is from director Lisa Joy
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Rebecca Ferguson who also starred in Doctor Sleep (2019).
• The film also stars Hugh Jackman who last appeared in Missing Link (2019).
• They also appeared together in The Greatest Showman (2017).

The Night House

• The movie is directed by David Bruckner, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• David Bruckner also directed The Ritual in 2017 which grossed £798.9 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Rebecca Hall who also starred in Godzilla Vs. Kong (2021).
• The film also stars Sarah Goldberg who last appeared in The Report (2019).

Demonic

• The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Neill Blomkamp also directed Elysium in 2013 which grossed £8.7 Million in the UK and grossed $286.1 Million globally.
• It stars Andrea Agur who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Nathalie Boltt who last appeared in 24 Hours to Live (2017).

Censor

• The movie is from director Prano Bailey-Bond
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Niamh Algar who also starred in Wrath of Man (2021).
• The film also stars Michael Smiley who last appeared in Rialto (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies released

• Candyman, Friday, 27th August
• The Nest, Friday, 27th August
• Our Ladies, Friday, 27th August
• The Last Bus, Friday, 27th August

At the UK box office this weekend, Friday, 4th September 2020, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention at the local multiplex and knock Tenet from the top of the UK box office.

The New Mutants

• The movie is directed by Josh Boone
• Josh Boone also directed The Fault In Our Stars in 2014 which grossed £11 Million in the UK and grossed $307.2 Million globally.
• It stars Maisie Williams who last starred in The Owners (2020).
• The film also stars Anya Taylor-Joy who last appeared in Radioactive (2020).

Les Miserables

• This new release stars Damien Bonnard who's last film was The Wolf's Call (2019)
• It also stars Alexis Manenti who appeared in The World Is Yours (2019).
• The film is brought to us by new director Ladj Ly.

Mulan

• The movie is directed by Niki Caro who directed The Zookeepers Wife in 2017.
• It stars Jet Li and Donnie Yen who were last seen together in The Founding Of A Republicwhich grossed £0.

Dream Horse

• Also this week there is Dream Horse from director Euros Lyn who also directed Damilola Our Loved Boy in 2016.
• The film features Toni Collette and Damian Lewis in starring roles.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Our Ladies, Friday, 11th September
• The Broken Heart Gallery, Friday, 11th September
• The Roads Not Taken, Friday, 11th September
• The Painted Bird, Friday, 11th September