US release: 11th December 1992
Australia release: 11th December 1992
United States release: 11th December 1992
£4 Million $27.4 Million 
$25.5 Million Spending a second weekend at the top of the UK box office is the film version of the Musical Matilda, while the highest debut of the week is Violent Night at number 3.
Also new this week is Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat which takes just over £78 thousand at number 12 while at the very bottom of the chart we have Home Alone, a 30th anniversary release of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Elf making seasonal re-releases.
Soending a second weekend at the top of the UK box office the musical starring Emma Thompson takes £2.5 Million, a 39% drop from its debut.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £7.8 Million after 2 weeks of release, comparing it to the 1996 movie, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £11 Million on its second weekend and £30 Million in total.
Remaining at number 2 is the Marvel sequel movie to Black Panther which takes £1.5 Million, a 44% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of £29.4 Million in the UK, behind that of Black Panther which had taken £39.8 Million 4 weeks into its box office run.
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Making its debit at number 3 this weekend the Die Hard meets Home Alone horror movie starring David Harbour as Santa Claus and directed by Tommy Wirkola comes in with less than would have been expected.
The movie takes under £1 Million on its debut with a gross of £822,646, its still early December and this could see a boost as audiences get more into the Christmas spirit.
Disney's latest animated take falls to number 3 this week with a gross of £442,409 on its second weekend of release, a 47% drop over its debut.
This gives the movie a total gross of £1.3 Million at the UK & Northern Ireland box office.
This seems like bad news for Disney as the movie seems to be failing to pull in audiences, Encanto from the same time in 2021 took £1.2 Million on its second weekend for a total of £3.3 Million.
The Ralph Finnes starring movie stays at number 5 on its 3rd weekend of release with a gross of £334,430, a small 22% drop.
The movie has taken £2.6 Million in total in the UK.
Spider-Man: No Way Home swings into town this weekend and takes over at the top of the box office with ease and creates the third highest debut of all time.
Also new this week is Indian movie Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 from director Sukumar which makes its debut at 7 with £121,892.
There is also a couple of festive re-entries with Home Alone 2: Lost In New York at number 11, It's a Wonderful Life on its 75th year anniversary at number 12 and finally The Muppet Christmas Carol at number 14.
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UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th December 2021
The anticipation for the next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been sky high over the last few months, especially as rumours began to circulate that there would be appearances from 2 previous generations of Spider-Man in Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.
The movie hit UK movie theatres on Thursday, and in the face of the pandemic the movie packed cinemas up and down the country in a way not seen in a few years.
The film took an eye watering £31.8 Million over its opening frame, a figure which is even higher than 2021's other much anticipated return No Time To Die which took £25.9 Million.
The movie is now the third top opener behind Avengers: Endgame from 2019 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens from 2015.
The movie also instantly became the second top grossing movie of 2021 in the UK, it won't quite beat the 25th Bond movie as t he top movie of 2021 but ultimately it probably will beat its total gross and has a chance to become only the third movie in history to break the £100 Million mark at the UK box office.
To top things off it also took a lion share of the money spent at the box office this weekend with a massive 91%.
The movie about the Big Red Dog called Clifford held up fairly well in its second weekend and remained at number 2 with £766,122, a 41% drop.
This gives the movie a total gross of £2.3 Million after 2 weekends of release.
Legendary director Steven Spielberg's remake movie drops from the top to number 3 this weekend with £587,305, a 55% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total gross of £2.9 Million after 2 weeks.
The movie is doing better midweek and if the box office chart was counted Monday to Sunday rather than Friday to Sunday it would have been second with £1,6 Million, probably a testament to its demographic.
Disneys latest movie remains at number 4 this weekend with £360,891, a 43% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a £4.7 Million total after 4 weeks on release.
Falling to number 5 this week is the Ridley Scott directed movie which takes £289,040 over the weekend, a large 63% drop on its 4th weekend of release, giving the movie a total UK gross of £8 Million.