Making its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend is Puss In Boots: The Last Wish which takes over from Avatar: The Way of Water after 7 weeks at the top.

Also new this weekend is Knock At the Cabin at number 3, The Whale~2022 at number 5 and BTS: Yet to Come In Cinemas at number 8 with £535,336.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th February 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend is the sequel movie to Puss in Boots from 2011 which is part of the Shrek universe of movies.

The movie has done far better than its prequel which took just shy of £2 Million on its debut, but the Shrek movies did far better with Shrek the Third having the best debut with £16.67 Million.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £4,950,495 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took £1,975,758 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

After 7 weeks at the top of the UK box office the Avatar sequel drops to second place, but the movie has still taken over £70 Million so far at the UK box office.

It is more or less on track with the original movie having taken just about £1 Million more, but its well behing the top grossing movie in the UK ever, Star Wars The Force Awakens which had taken £120 Million 8 weeks into its box office run.

The movie also has the smallest from on this weeks top 15 with 39% down on last weekends gross.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,285,652 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £72,957,701 over 8 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 14th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £71,936,392 at the box office after 8 weeks of release.

The new movie from director M. Night Shyamalan lands at number 4 this weekend with just under £1 Million on its debut.

The movie has a better opening than the directors last movie, Old, which could only manage around £800,000 on its debut.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £985,027 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023

Dropping to number 4 this weekend is the action Indian movie from director Siddharth Anand wihch landed at number 2 last weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £701,103 over the weekend, a 64% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,347,070 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

Finishing off the top 5 is the Oscar nominated movie from director Darren Aronofsky which stars Brendan Fraser in his Best Actor nominated role.

The movie is on limited release and will expand as we get closer to the Oscar ceremony where Fraser is expected to walk away with the award.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £690,026 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend

As Avatar: The Way of Water stays at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office for a seventh weekend the Indian movie Pathaan makes an impressive start to its box office run with a debut at 2.

Meanwhile Plane is new at number 3 and The Fabelmans is new at 4 with The Wandering Earth 2 new at 9 with £385,959 and Billie Eilish Live At the O2 is new at 10 with £329,407.

Also new is Unwelcome at 14 with £118,322 and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed at 15 with £88,108.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

The James Cameron directed sequel movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a 7th weekend, which makes it equal with Toy Story 2 and Gladiator.

One more week at the top and it equals Tenet as the longest pandemic movie, if it can get to 13 weeks then it will equal Camerons own Titanic, but its unlikely!

This weekend the movie ass £2.1 Million to its total for a total of £70.8 Million.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,116,615 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £70,884,535 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 15th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £65,070,599 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the new movie from Indian director Siddharth Anand which takes £1.9 Million on its opening weekend.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,967,854 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

Also making its debut this weekend is the new movie starring Gerard Butler which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.1 Million.

The stars last movie Copshop opened in September 2021 to £198,225 for a 3 week run.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,161,382 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023

The latest movie from director Steven Spielberg finally gets a UK release and opens to just over a million pound.

The movie is nominated for a number of Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director which could help its box office journey, but it may get the Director Oscar but little else.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,067,384 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023

Falling to number 5 this weekend the new horror movie franchise takes £749,354 on its 3rd weekend of release.

Compared to Smile from the end of 2022 that movie took £1.4 Million on its 3rd weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £749,354 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £5,980,325 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.

The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.

Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.

Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.

The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $15,700,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $620,580,771 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $595,752,416 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.

The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots

Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $10,621,000 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $140,835,910 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $139,514,442 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,751,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $46,053,864 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.

Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,371,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $82,274,725 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It grosses $5,947,369 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023