The Disney sequel movie Moana 2 has stormed the United Kingdom box office as it debuts at the top with a weekend gross of £12 Million.

This is about £10 Million more than the original Moana movie which took in 2016 when it made its debut a the same time of year.

Any other weekend Wicked~2024 would have stayed at the top of the box office with a second weekend gross of £8.3 Million, but the Disney sequel was just too strong.

Still the musical adaptation only falls to number 2 and the weeks ahead look to be strong and a battle between this and Moana 2 over the holiday period could be on the cards.

THe whole of the top 5 this weekend took over £1 Million each something which is still quite rare in the UK and hasn't happened since the weekend of August 16th 2024.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 1st December 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £8,371,251 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £28,530,258 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,533,801 over the weekend, a 47% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £23,596,835 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took £14,430,743 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,065,847 over its debut weekend

This week Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's movie vehicle San Andreas storms to the top of the US box office charts with ease on its debut weekend.

Taking an acceptable $53.2 Million the film takes over from the lacklustre opening of last weeks number 1 movie Tomorrowland.

That movie falls down to number 3, leapfrogging over Pitch Perfect 2 which remains at number 2 this weekend, the movies took $14 and $13 million respectively over the weekend.

Tomorrowland has taken a total gross of $63 million after 10 days of release.

The only other new release on the US box office this weekend was the Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone starring Aloha which makes its debut at number 6 this weekend.

14 years after their first appearance on the big screen the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back and dominating the box office.

In a surprise move the Turtles stormed the box office beating expectation and knocking last weeks top film Guardians of the Galaxy from the top spot.

The Turtles took a $65 million (including Thursday night previews) over it's debut weekend, making it one of the biggest August debuts, it's a boon a good year for August debuts with Guardians breaking the record last week.

Guardians of the Galaxy fell to number 2 this week, taking $42 million for the weekend it has not made $176 million in the US after 2 weeks of release.

Also hitting the US box office are: - Into The Storm - number 3 with $18 million - The Hundred-Foot Journey - at number 4 with $11 million - Step up 5 All In - number 6 with $6.5 million