Taylor Swift dominated the UK box office this weekend with the cinematic version of her The Eras Tour, and broke the event cinema record in the process.

The movie took an incredible £5.7 Million which smashes the £5.5 Million total by Prima Facie: NT Live 2022 from last year which starred Jodie Comer.

It was never going to challenge the superstar Taylor Swift for the top spot but hats off to PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie for daring to release the same weekend, the movie comes in at number 2 this weekend.

Last weeks top movie, The Exorcist: Believer, stood no chance of holding the top spot and this weekend falls to number 3 after a single week at the top.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 13th - 15th October 2023

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,348,155 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,005,434 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,492,494 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist which took £0 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £643,002 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,354,481 over 3 weeks of release

As the Halloween season approaches the horror movies come thick and fast and this weekend the sequel movie (of sorts) The Exorcist: Believer tops the UK box office with a debut gross of £1,7 Million.

Last weeks top movie, The Creator~2023 drops to number 2 on its second weekend of release.

For the first time in its 12 week run Oppenheimer out grosses its box office rival Barbie on this weekends chart.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th October 2023

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,000,000 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,200,000 over 2 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £953,798 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,800,000 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Spiral: From the Book of Saw which took £1,201,653 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £558,724 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,900,000 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Death On the Nile which took £7,150,696 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 6th October 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Creator from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Exorcist: Believer
• Golda
• The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan
• BlackBerry
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
• The Great Escaper

The Exorcist: Believer

• The movie is directed by David Gordon Green, it is the directors 16th movie.
• David Gordon Green also directed Snow Angels in 2007.
• It stars Ellen Burstyn who also starred in Walking Across Egypt (1999).
• The film also stars Jennifer Nettles who was last seen in Harriet (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Golda

• The movie is directed by Guy Nattiv, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Guy Nattiv also directed Skin in 2019 which grossed £638 in the UK.
• It stars Helen Mirren who also starred in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018).
• The film also stars Zed Josef who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan

• The movie is directed by Yusheng Tian, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Yusheng Tian also directed No Turning Back in 2020.
• It stars Geng Han who also starred in Ever Since We Love (2015).
• The film also stars Ryan Zheng who was last seen in The Battle At Lake Changjin (2021).
• Geng Han and Ryan Zheng have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Ex-Files in 2014, The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes in 2017 and So Young in 2013.
• Yusheng Tian directed Geng Han in Ex-Files
• Yusheng Tian directed Ryan Zheng in Ex-Files 2: The Back Up Strikes Back
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

BlackBerry

• The movie is directed by Matt Johnson, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Matt Johnson also directed The Dirties in 2014 which grossed £2.3K in the UK.
• It stars Jay Baruchel who also starred in This Is the End (2013).
• The film also stars Glenn Howerton who was last seen in Fool's Paradise (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time

• The movie is directed by Mahiro Maeda and Katsuichi Nakayama, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Mahiro Maeda and Katsuichi Nakayama also directed Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2012.
• It stars Megumi Ogata who also starred in Evangelion 2.0 You Can Not Advance (2009).
• The film also stars Megumi Hayashibara who was last seen in Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023).
• Megumi Ogata and Megumi Hayashibara have starred in 8 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2012, Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street in 2002, Evangelion Evangelion Death True 2 in 2002, Evangelion 2.0 You Can Not Advance in 2009, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion in 1997, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth in 1997, Revival of Evangelion in 1998 and Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone in 2007.
• Mahiro Maeda directed Megumi Ogata in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• Mahiro Maeda directed Megumi Hayashibara in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Great Escaper

• The movie is directed by Oliver Parker, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Oliver Parker also directed Swimming With Men in 2018 which grossed £466.2K in the UK.
• It stars Michael Caine who also starred in Harry Brown (2009).
• The film also stars Glenda Jackson who was last seen in Mothering Sunday (2021).
• They also appeared together in The Romantic Englishwoman in 1975.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 4 new movies released

• Sumotherhood - Friday, 13th October
• Daliland - Friday, 13th October
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - Friday, 13th October
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - Friday, 13th October

With A Haunting In Venice currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Creator
• Surprised By Oxford
• Saw X
• The Old Oak

The Creator

• The movie is directed by Gareth Edwards, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Gareth Edwards also directed End Day in 2005.
• It stars John David Washington who also starred in Tenet (2020).
• The film also stars Madeleine Yuna Voyles who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Surprised By Oxford

• The movie is from director Ryan Whitaker.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Simon Callow who also starred in Hampstead (2017).
• The film also stars Rose Reid who was last seen in Finding You (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Saw X

• The movie is directed by Kevin Greutert, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kevin Greutert also directed Jessabelle in 2014.
• It stars Tobin Bell who also starred in Saw (2004).
• The film also stars Shawnee Smith who was last seen in Grace Unplugged (2013).
• Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Saw in 2004, Saw II in 2005, Saw III in 2006, Saw V in 2008, Saw VI in 2009 and Saw IV in 2007.
• Kevin Greutert directed Tobin Bell in Saw VI
• Kevin Greutert directed Shawnee Smith in Saw VI
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Old Oak

• The movie is directed by Ken Loach, it is the directors 20th movie.
• Ken Loach also directed I, Daniel Blake in 2016 which grossed £3.3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Debbie Honeywood who also starred in Sorry We Missed You (2019).
• The film also stars Trevor Fox who was last seen in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023).
• Ken Loach directed Debbie Honeywood in Sorry We Missed You
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 5 new movies released

• BlackBerry - Friday, 6th October
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time - Friday, 6th October
• The Great Escaper - Friday, 6th October
• The Exorcist: Believer - Friday, 6th October
• Golda - Friday, 6th October