The Paul Feig directed movie The Housemaid~2025 is proving to be a massive UK box office hit as the movie moves back into the top spot for a second weekend.

It is a week with very little in the way of blockbuster new movies while the comedy starring Sydney Sweeney takes over £2 Million on its 5th weekend.

The movie is the top film of 2026 so far and has a total gross of just over £26 Million.

Top new movie of the weekend is at number 7 as Saipan makes its debut with £772,281.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th January 2026

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,964,266 over the weekend, a 25% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,063,897 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,228,023 over the weekend, a 64% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,748,976 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to 28 Years Later which took £9,704,462 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,035,905 over the weekend, a 5% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £31,655,747 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £23,144,354 at the box office after 9 weeks in cinemas.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 23rd January 2026, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple from the top of the UK box office.

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Mercy
• Saipan
• No Other Choice
• Return to Silent Hill
• H Is For Hawk

Mercy

• The movie is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Timur Bekmambetov also directed The Arena in 2001.
• It stars Chris Pratt who also starred in The Five Year Engagement (2012).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• Timur Bekmambetov directed Chris Pratt in and Wanted
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Saipan

• The movie is directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn also directed Cherrybomb in 2010 which grossed £16.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Steve Coogan who also starred in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
• The film also stars Eanna Hardwicke who's last movie was William Tell (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

No Other Choice

• The movie is directed by Park Chan-wook, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Park Chan-wook also directed Three ... Extremes in 2004.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Memories of the Sword (2015).
• The film also stars Yeom Hye-ran who's last movie was Citizen of a Kind (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Return to Silent Hill

• The movie is directed by Christophe Gans, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Christophe Gans also directed Silent Hill in 2006 which grossed £3.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jeremy Irvine who also starred in Benediction (2021).
• The film also stars Hannah Emily Anderson who's last movie was X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

H Is For Hawk

• The movie is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Philippa Lowthorpe also directed Swallows and Amazons in 2016 which grossed £3.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Claire Foy who also starred in The Lady In the Van (2015).
• The film also stars Brendan Gleeson who's last movie was Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• The Wrecking Crew - Wednesday, 28th January - streaming
• Primate - Friday, 30th January
• Nouvelle Vague - Friday, 30th January
• Rabbit Trap - Friday, 30th January
• Shelter - Friday, 30th January
• Is This Thing On - Friday, 30th January

The fourth film in the series of zombie infected movies, and a direct sequel to 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple lands at the top of the UK box office this weekend with £3.3 Million.

The series is loosing steam as this is well over a million shy of the previous movie in the series which took £4.7 Million in its debut last year.

Falling from the top is The Housemaid~2025 which is at number 2 this weekend with a gross of £2.8 Million on its 4th weekeend of release.

The movie has shown incredible longevity in the UK and this weeks takes over from Avatar: Fire and Ash as the top movie of 2026 and has a total gross over £22 Million sice its release in 2025.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th January 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,827,934 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £22,630,490 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,608,944 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £8,396,010 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,478,246 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,911,144 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

In a very tight race for the top of the UK box office Paul Feig's movie The Housemaid~2025 takes over at the top of the Uk box office.

The movie is on its third weekend of release and climbs to the top with a gross of £3.2 Million, a drop of 9% from last weekend, the movie has taken nearly £18 Million in total.

Highest new entry this weekend is Hamnet which nearly entered at the top but fell shy by under £200,000.

The movie takes just over £3.2 Million on its debut at number 2.

James Camerons Avatar Fire and Ash falls from the top on its fourth weekend of release and has taken just shy of £36 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th January 2026

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £3,248,939 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,600,206 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £35,814,417 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took £57,286,005 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,227,735 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £29,349,084 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £22,922,579 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.

A direct sequel to the threequel movie 28 Years Later has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong gory violence, injury detail, very strong language

The movie stars Ralph Fiennes who has previously been seen in The Chumscrubber and Spider, it also stars Jack O'Connell who has previously starred in Money Monster and Little Fish.

Danny Boyle gives up directing duties from 28 Years later and instead the movie is directed by Nia DaCosta who has previously directed Hedda and Candyman~2021.

Movie Synopsis

Set in a post Apocalyptic Britain, in which Spike joins Jimmy's gang, while Dr Kelson continues to investigate the virus that has ravaged the country.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong gory violence, injury detail, very strong language
• Release date: 16th January 2026
• Runtime: 109 minutes (1 hours 49 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Nia DaCosta
• Starring:
  • Ralph Fiennes
  • Jack O'Connell
  • Alfie Williams

BBFC movie page