Black Widow and Space Jam 2 fought it out for the top spot this weekend with the Marvel MCU movie coming out on top and remaining at number 1 for a second weekend.

Space Jam: A New legacy made its debut at number 2 while The Forever Purge and The Croods: A New Age also made new entries inside the top 5.

Continuing the new releases Escape Room: Tournament of Champions just missed a place on the top 5 making its debut at 6 with £278,097 and documentary feature Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was new at 10 with £62 Thousand.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Black Widow (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Space Jam: A New Legacy (@2)
• Longest run - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (9 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (£18.6 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th July 2021

Black Widow

The Scarlett Johansson starring movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend with £1.8 Million, a quite large 74% drop from last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £11.2 Million after 2 weeks of release and its the fourth top grossing movie of 2021 so far.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to 1996's Space Jam which took £1.3 Million over the weekend.

Compared to the original its far lower as the 1996 original took £4.6 Million on it's debut weekend, its a little unfair considering the global pandemic, but I would have thought this movie would have taken less regardless.

The Forever Purge

The fifth movie in the long running series makes its debut at number 3 with £720,032.

The highest grossing movie in the series is 2018's The First Purge which took £1.7 Million on its debut.

The Croods: A New Age

Another sequel hitting the box office this weekend is the animated sequel starring Nicolas Cage which makes its debut at number 4 with £696,563.

The original movie, The Croods was released in 2013 and took £5.3 Million on its debut, even considering the pandemic this is a disappointing debut for the sequel.

Fast & Furious 9

The ninth Fast movie falls to number 5, from 2, on its 4th weekend of release with a gross of £446,126, a large 59% drop.

This movie seems to be sinking faster than expected and after 4 weeks has taken £14.14 Million, although it is currently the second top grossing movie of 2021.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 16th July 2021, there are 7 movies looking to take your viewing attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Black Widow from the top of the UK box office.

The Croods: A New Age

• The movie is from director Joel Crawford
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Willy's Wonderland (2021).
• The film also stars Emma Stone who last appeared in Cruella (2021).
• They also appeared together in The Croods (2013).

Space Jam: A New Legacy

• The movie is directed by Malcolm D. Lee, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Malcolm D. Lee also directed Girls Trip in 2017 which grossed £8.9 Million in the UK.
• It stars LeBron James who also starred in Smallfoot (2018).
• The film also stars Don Cheadle who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

The Birthday Cake

• The movie is from director Jimmy Giannopoulos
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Shiloh Fernandez who also starred in Burn (2019).
• The film also stars Val Kilmer who last appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019).

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

• The movie is directed by Questlove, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Questlove also directed Black Woodstock in 1969.
• It stars Lin-Manuel Miranda who also starred in In the Heights (2021).
• The film also stars Chris Rock who last appeared in Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021).

Gunpowder Milkshake

• The movie is directed by Navot Papushado, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Navot Papushado also directed Big Bad Wolves in 2013 which grossed £1.6 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in The Call of the Wild (2020).
• The film also stars Carla Gugino who last appeared in With/In: Volume 2 (2021).

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

• The movie is directed by Adam Robitel, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Adam Robitel also directed Insidious: The Dark Realm in 2021.
• It stars Taylor Russell who also starred in Words On Bathroom Walls (2020).
• The film also stars Logan Miller who last appeared in Shithouse (2020).
• Taylor Russell and Logan Miller have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Escape Room (2019).

The Forever Purge

• The movie is from director Everardo Gout
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ana de la Reguera who also starred in Army of the Dead (2021).
• The film also stars Tenoch Huerta who last appeared in Bel Canto (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 2 new movies released

• Old, Friday, 23rd July
• Riders of Justice, Friday, 23rd July

Last weekend saw Fast & Furious 9 at the top of the UK box office, with 2 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Black Widow

• The movie is directed by Cate Shortland, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Cate Shortland also directed Berlin Syndrome in 2017 which grossed £34 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Scarlett Johansson who last starred in Jojo Rabbit (2020).
• The film also stars Florence Pugh who last appeared in Little Women (2019).

The Truffle Hunters

• The movie is from directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
• This movie is their directorial debuts.
• It stars Piero Botto who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Sergio Cauda who is making a feature film debut.

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

• Gunpowder Milkshake, Wednesday, 14th July
• The Croods: A New Age, Friday, 16th July
• The Forever Purge, Friday, 16th July
• Space Jam: A New Legacy, Friday, 16th July
• The Birthday Cake, Friday, 16th July
• Escape Room Tournament of Champions, Friday, 16th July
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Friday, 16th July

The Fast Saga kept its hold on the US box office for at least one more week before the release of the MCU movie Black Widow while top new movie of the weekend is the sequel Box Baby 2.

Also new this weekend is The Forever Purge which makes it debut at number 3 while outside the top 5 documentaries Zola and Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) make new entries at 10 and 11.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Fast and Furious 9 (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Boss Baby 2 (@2)
• Longest run - Nobody (15 weeks)
• Highest total gross - A Quiet Place Part II ($144.4 Million)

Us box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th July 2021

Fast and Furious 9

remaining at the top for a second weekend is the 9th instalment in the Fast and Furious series which this weekend took $24 Million, a 66% drop from last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $117.1 Million after 2 weeks of release, it is on tract to join the other recent Fast movies but because of the pandemic might not get to the heights of the top grossing in the series Fast and Furious 8.

Boss Baby 2

Top new movie of the weekend is the sequel movie to Boss Baby from 2017 which takes $17.3 Million on its debut.

The original movie was a big blockbuster and took $50 Million on its debut on its way to $175 Million, comparisons are currently unfair during the pandemic.

The Forever Purge

The fifth movie in The Purge series makes its debut at number 3 this weekend with $12.7 Million which is close to the debut weekend of The FIrst Purge from 2019, not bad considering the pandemic.

The movie series has become a firm favourite and the future of the movie could be good in the coming weeks.

A Quiet Place Part II

Dropping to number 4 this week is the highly praised horror movie which takes $4.2 Million this weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend.

The movie has been on the box office for 6 weeks now and has taken $144 Million, it is currently the top movie of the year but is getting challenged by Fast and Furious 9 and will get another competitor this weekend with Black Widow.

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Dropping to number 5 this weekend is the sequel movie which takes $3 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 38% drop over last weekend, for a $31 Million US total.