Disney release the third movie in the TRON franchise, a franchise which started in 1982 and then spawned a sequel, TRON Legacy in 2010.
The movie takes over $33 Million on its debit, which much be concerning the Disney executives as I after the hype the movie has generated the expectation may have been a little higher.
Last weeks top movie, Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, disappears this week due to it being a single weekend release promoting the singers new album.
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As we roll into the middle of October we get another sequel movie trying to revive an aging franchise, this time is a sequel to the 80's movie TRON as the third movie in the series TRON Ares makes its debut at the tp of the UK box office.
The Disney movie was expected to blast into cinemas on a wave of hype, but instead it sort of whimpers in with a £1.2 Million debut, less than the previous movie in the series.
The series which apart from the 3 live action movies has a number of animated shorts created to expand the series is struggling to make a mark in cinemas despite have a large fan base.
Last weeks top movie from Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl drops from the chart completely as it was only showing for a single weekend but it did take an amazing £4,679,450 that single week!
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Superstar Taylor Swift releases an extended trailer for her latest album and it becomes the top grossing movie of the weekend as Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl takes £3.4 Million on limited release this weekend.
The movie which includes behind the scenes footage from the making of the album and interviews with the pop star follows in the footsteps of her live concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour from 2023.
After making its debut at the top last week One Battle After Another falls to number 2 this week and has taken just over £6 Million to date.
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Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another tops the UK box office on its first week of release in a fairly quiet marketplace.
The movie tops with a debut gross of £2.4 Million which in a market which is full of holdover movies and no big blockbusters is a good.
Last weeks top movie falls to number 3 this weekend as Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale gives up the top spot after 2 weeks, the movie has taken £13.4 Million in the UK to date.
After 5 years on Streaming the on screen version of the hit stage show Hamilton~2020 from Disney gets a box office debut where is enters the box office at number 2 with £1.7 Million - a cinema ticket being far cheaper than a theatre ticket!
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Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle spends a second weekend at the top of the US box office with a weekend gross of $17.3 Million which is a massive 75% drop over last weekend.
This does however take the animated movies total gross to $104.7 Million after 2 weekends of release which is a nice return for a Japanese animated movie.
The previous movie Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training took only $15 Million after its second weekend at the North American box office.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the Jordan Peel produced movie Him~2025 which has taken $13.2 Million on its debut.
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