US release: 2nd July 2021
Sweden release: 30th June 2021
Hong Kong release: 1st July 2021
£3.6 Million 
$44.5 Million 
$68.4 Million Marvel Studios release their latests blockbuster Black Panther Wakanda Forever which has been given a 12A rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat, injury detail The movie stars Tenoch Huerta who was last seen in The Forever Purge in 2021 and Letitia Wright who played Shuri in the last Black Panther and was also seen in Death on the Nile~2020 from earlier this year.
Like Black Panther the movie is directed by Ryan Coogler who is also known for directing the Rocky spin off movie Creed.
Movie Synopsis
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with Nakia and Everett Ross to forge a new path for their beloved kingdom.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Marvel Studios movie Black Widow stays at the top of the Uk box office this weekend making it three consecutive weeks for the movie.
Highest new entry of the weekend is the M. Night Shyamalan directed Old which makes its debut at number 4 while outside the top 5 at number 10 is new entry Off the Rails from director Jules Williamson which takes £80,598.
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UK box office tp 5 breakdown weekend 23rd - 25th July 2021
The Marvel Cinematic Universe origins movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a third straight weekend this week taking £1.4 Million, a slim 22% drop over last weekend.
This pushes the movies total gross over its three weekends to £13.8 Million, for obvious reasons its one of the lowest grossing movies from the Mavel/Disney collaboration but it is one of the top movies of 2021 in the UK at number 3 which is good and where you would expect it to be.
To remain at the top of the chart next weekend is a big ask with Disney releasing Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and Warner releasing The Suicide Squad from director James Gunn.
Destined to always be the runner up to Black Widow the toon and real life hybrid takes £1.3 Million over the weekend which is actually a 2% increase over last weekend, this can be contributed to the UK school summer holidays.
This gives the movie a 2 weekend total gross of £3.6 Million, comparing to the original Space Jam movie and taking the pandemic into consideration this is still low.
A dissipating debut last weekend was a bit misleading for the toon sequel as it moved up to number 4 this weekend with £876,123, a 20% increase over last weekend, again contribute this to the school summer holidays.
This gives the movie a 2 weekend gross of £2.05 Million.
Director M. Night Shyamalan brings us his latest mystery movie with a twist and unlike its debut at the top in America it has to contend with a new entry at number 4.
This is the highest new entry of the weekend, one which is really geared towards a teen to younger audience, but the movie takes £866,860 on its debut.
Falling to number 5 this weekend is the fifth movie in The Purge franchise which takes £598,803, a 17% drop, for a 2 weekend total of £1.8 Million.
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.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th July 2021
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Disney and Marvel finally release their first movie at the box office in 18 months in the shape of Black Widow and score another number 1 hit movie
With such a strong release no other studio has released anything in competition so it is the only new release on the top 15 this weekend.
Also worth a note is this weeks US box office is the highest grossing top 15 since late 2019 when war movie 1917 made its debut.
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US box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th July 2021
It may have been a delayed release by well over a year but the new MCU movie hits the top of the US bod office with ease taking a pandemic beating $80 Million.
The movie also made another $60 Million on the Disney+ streaming service where viewers had to pay another $30 to see the movie, although this was more 24 hours after its theatrical release.
The movie is already the fifth top grossing movie of 2021.
Falling from the top to number 2 is the ninth The Fast Saga movie which takes $10.8 Million this weekend, a 55% drop over last weekend.
Over 3 weeks of release the movie has now taken $141.3 Million, it is currently the second top movie is 2021.
Falling to number 3 this weekend is the animated sequel which takes $8.7 Million on its second weekend of release, a 50% drop, giving it a $34.7 Million total.
Falling to number 4 this week is the fifth movie in The Purge series which takes $6.7 Million, a 47% drop, giving the movie a 2 week total of $27.4 Million.
The John Krasinski directed movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $3 Million, a 29% drop over last weekend.
The movie has been on the chart for 7 weeks now, all in the top 5, and is the top grossing movie in the US for 2021 with $150.7 Million.