After a 4 week run at the top of the UK box office The Super Mario Bros. Movie is knocked off by the latest MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, but its not all good news as the threequel does not take as much as the sequel movie on its debut.

With such a bit movie getting its debut the studios cleared the schedule for a couple of weeks to give it time to breath, there were a couple of other new movies though, Jodi was new at 9 with £88,045 while Return to Seoul came in at 10 with £75,273.

Meanwhile outside the top 10 2018 came in at 13 with £52,211.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th May 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Despite the hype, and generally good reviews the new Guardians of the Galaxy made its debut will less than that of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which is perhaps another sign that superhero fatigue is creeping in, something which director James Gunn has mentioned in the past.

That said the movie did debut at the top of the chart, knocking off The Super Mario Bros. Movie and is the 8th top grossing movie ever in the month of May.

• 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 £12,079,820 over its debut weekend
• It is the 8th top debuting movie in the month of May
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took £13,092,657 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

After spending 4 weeks at the top the Nintendo video game adaptation falls just a single place to number 2 this weekend with a £1.3 Million gross

The movie is the top grossing movie of 2023 so far and is looking to top £50 Million by next weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,309,546 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £49,062,732 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

The Evil Dead sequel movie seems to be pleasing movie goers in the UK as the horror movie takes nearly £500,000 on its third weekend of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £493,732 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,434,284 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £359,131 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

The British produces movie starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with a £336,519 gross.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £336,519 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £2,014,466 over 2 weeks of release

Going back up the box office to number 5 is the former number 1 John Wick sequel which has a total UK gross of £17 Million after 7 weeks of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £195,298 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £17,122,806 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum which took £10,203,138 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 5th May 2023, there are 2 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Super Mario Bros. Movie from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
• Return to Seoul

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

• The movie is directed by James Gunn, it is the directors 8th movie.
• James Gunn also directed The Suicide Squad in 2021 which grossed £14.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $167.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Chris Pratt who also starred in Moneyball (2011).
• The film also stars Zoe Saldana who was last seen in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
• Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Avengers: Endgame in 2019, Avengers: Infinity War in 2018, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 in 2017 and Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014.
• James Gunn directed Chris Pratt in Movie 43
• James Gunn directed Zoe Saldana in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Return to Seoul

• The movie is directed by Davy Chou, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Davy Chou also directed Diamond Island in 2016.
• It stars Park Ji-min who also starred in Love Yourself In Seoul: BTS World Tour 2019 (2018).
• The film also stars Oh Kwang-rok who was last seen in Always (2011).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there is 1 new movie released

• Love Again - Wednesday, 10th May