Marvels The Fantastic Four: First Steps held off a potential threat from new comer The Naked Gun~2025 to stay at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office for a second weekend.

Despite a 62% drop from last weekend the superhero movie took an exceptable second weekend gross of just over £3 Million giving the movie a total gross of £15.3 Million.

The movie has now taken more that Thor and should overtake Eternals and maybe this years Thunderbolts by next weekend.

The reinvented The Naked Gun~2025 starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson makes its debut at number 2 this weekend with a nice £1.8 Million.

This is very much in the ballpark of the original The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad which took £457,000 on its debut and adjusted for inflation would be nearly £2 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd August 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,815,858 over its debut weekend

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,325,006 over the weekend, a 19% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,897,985 over 2 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,261,967 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £24,252,507 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

Director Denis Villeneuve brings his second part of the Dune~2020 story to the big screen, and unlike the forst part this movie doesn't have to deal with a pandemic and opens to just over £9 Million.

The original movie which was delayed until 2021 took £5.8 Million on its debut, at the time this was good for a movie after all the COVID19 cinema closures.

Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to second place this week after 2 weekends at the top, the movie has taken an excellent £4,2 Million in total box office grosses.

Madame Web hangs on for another weekend on the top 5 bit with a total gross of only £3.9 Million it will be one of the lowest grossing superhero movie in the modern era.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd March 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,351,557 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £13,760,796 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,172,890 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,259,564 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £246,538 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,916,755 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024

Bob Marley: One Love, the biopic of the famous reggae star tops the US box office on its debut weekend of release with a gross of $46.5 Million.

The movie beats the much hypes, but critically panned new superhero movie from the Sony/Marvel studio Madame Web which lands at 2 with $23.5 Million.

Last weeks top movie, Argylle drops to number 2 this weekend having taken $36.6 Million after 3 weeks of release.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th February 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $46,530,209 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $23,540,479 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,887,335 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $36,635,815 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $4,387,345 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,822,145 over the weekend, a 23% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $114,900,140 after 9 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

Sequel superhero movie Shazam! Fury Of The Gods has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate fantasy violence, threat, sex references, implied strong language.

The movie stars once again Zachary Levi as the superhero Shazam!, and this time along for the ride is Helen Mirren who has recently been in the Fast and Furious series and won an Oscar for The Queen and Lucy Liu who has been in many movies including Charlies Angels and Kill Bill Volume 1.

The movie is directed by David F. Sandberg who directed the previous Shazam! movie and also directed I Flip You Off For Four Hours.

Movie Synopsis

Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with their adult superhero alter egos. When a vengeful trio of ancient gods arrive on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago, Shazam and his allies get thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives, and the fate of the world.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Shazam! Fury Of The Gods
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate fantasy violence, threat, sex references, implied strong language
• Release date: 17th March 2023
• Runtime: 130 minutes (2 hour 10 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • David F. Sandberg
• Starring:
  • Zachary Levi
  • Helen Mirren
  • Lucy Liu

BBFC movie page

The DC superhero movie Black Adam remains at the top of the North American box office for a 3rd weekend while the top new movie of the week is the animated sequel One Piece Film: Red

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th November 2022

Spending a third week at the top of the North American box office is the Dwayne Johnson starring superhero movie which grosses $18.2 Million which is a 33% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $137.1 Million after 3 weeks of release which makes it the 10th top movie of 2022.

The movie is doing well for the DC Universe and Warner Bros. with a good 3rd weekend hold over and its currently beating the previous film in the series The Suicide Squad although that movie did get released during the pandemic.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the Japanese animated sequel which enters the North American box office with a gross of $9.3 Million.

The movie is a sequel to One Piece Stampede which was released from 2019 which took $770,755 on its debut in October 2019.

The movie was released in Japan in August of this year when it took over $16 Million on its debut and has made $120 Million to date.

The George Clooney and Julia Roberts romantic comedy falls to number 3 this weekend with $8.5 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a small 13% drop over last weekend.

The movie has out preformed what expectations were for the movie and has to date taken an amazing $46.7 Million.

The biggest horror movie of the year remains at number 4 this weekend with a gross of $3.9 Million, a small 27% drop over last weekend.

Now on its 6th weekend of release the movie has taken a total gross of $99 Million in North America as it pushes to the $100 Million milestone.

Falling to number 5 this weekend is the top new movie last weekend with a gross of $3.8 Million, a 46% drop, giving it a 2 week gross of $13.6 Million.