Spending a fourth weekend as the top global movie A Minecraft Movie is pushing towards the global $1 Billion mark with over $800 Million. To celebrate its 20th Anniversary Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith gets a global rerelease and is the top new movie is the weekend at 3.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th April 2025

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $60,520,000 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 79 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $816,567,000 over 4 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $58,500,000 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $161,626,000 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 72 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It grosses $42,200,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $42,200,000 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 35 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones which took $0 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $38,192,743 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $38,192,743 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 72 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is a sequel to The Accountant which took $0 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $18,115,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $18,115,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 61 countries globally this weekend

Smash hit movie Sinners drops just 6% from its debut last weekend, the lowest 2nd week drop for a number one movie in decades, to remain at the top of the North American box office.

The movie takes an amazing $45 Million on its second weekend of release, this gives the movie a $122.5 Million 10 day gross.

The movie has also made its way into the UK all time top 50 nudging past the original avengers movie, Avengers Assemble.

Celebrating 20 years of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith makes it re-release debut at number 2 this weekend with $25.5 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th April 2025

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $45,000,000 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $122,526,427 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $25,200,000 after 23 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones which took $302,181,179 at the box office after 1 weekend of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $24,492,743 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Accountant which took $24,710,273 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $22,720,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $379,966,661 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $8,015,000 after 1 weekends of release

Continuing to dominate the box office on its fourth weekend A Minecraft Movie this week takes nearly £2.5 Million to remain at the top.

The video game adaptation has now taken an amazing £51.6 Million in total at the UK box office.

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the third of the prequel Star Wars movies Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith makes its debut at number 3.

Taking £1.7 Million over the weekend the movie has a total gross of over £41 Million since its 2005 release.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th April 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,417,082 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,762,623 over its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones which took £0 at the box office after 1 week in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £682,672 over its debut weekend

Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace gets rated by the BBFC once again ahead of its 25th anniversary release and its been given a PG age rating for moderate violence, mild threat

The movie which was first released in 1999 stars Liam Neeson who has since been seen in many movies including Taken and Men In Black: International, it also stars Ewan McGregor who has been seen in Son of a Gun and other Star Wars movies including Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

The movie was directed by George Lucas who has directed the likes of American Graffiti and THX 1138.

Movie Synopsis

A pair of Jedi warriors escape a planet amid failed trade negotiations and encounter a highly gifted enslaved boy in this 1999 sci-fi adventure prequel.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, mild threat
• Release date: 3rd May 2024
• Runtime: 136 minutes (2 hours 16 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • George Lucas
• Starring:
  • Liam Neeson
  • Ewan McGregor
  • Natalie Portman

BBFC movie page

With cinema attendance in the UK starting to get back to normal what were the big movies hitting the UK box office over the last 30 year?

Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.

A year ago (2019) -

The number one film was The Lion King which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance? directed by Michael Wiseman and starring André Rieu and Charlotte Hawkins which entered the box office at number 4.

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 21 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 4 which had taken £51.6 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

Also making its debut at the top was Inside Out starring Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith and directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 30 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Jurassic World which had taken £61.5 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was Toy Story 3 starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen and directed by Lee Unkrich

The film with the longest run was Sex And The City 2 which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Shrek Forever After which had taken £26.9 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was Fantastic Four starring Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba and directed by Tim Story

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith which had taken £39.2 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was Stuart Little starring Michael J. Fox and Geena Davis and directed by Rob Minkoff

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £28.5 Million over 11 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone and Armand Assante and directed by Danny Cannon

The film with the longest run was Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £8.7 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rachel Ticotin and directed by Paul Verhoeven

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.1 Million over 9 weeks of release.