
£12.3 Million
$16.5 Million
$33.3 Million Director Danny Boyle returns to the horror series that made it a household name (well maybe Trainspotting did!) with 28 Years Later and the much anticipated movie tops the UK box office on its debut.
The Oscar winning director ducked out of the series second movie 28 Weeks Late and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo took on directing duties, but he brought the series to life in 2002 with 28 Days Later.
The movie takes a fantastic £4.7 Million on its debut which is better than the previous two movies combined.
Last weeks top movie, How to Train Your Dragon~2025, drop to number 2 this week after only a single weekend at the top, although with the school summer holidays just round the corner a longer stay, and maybe return to the top, is likely.
Elio from Disney and Pixar falls short this weekend and can only manage a top 3 entry at 3 with just under a million debut - although with the school holidays around the corner - and good reviews - it could hang around.
Highest new movie this weekend
The Second Pinocchio movie out this year, this time its stop motion animation and is brought to us by horror master Guillermo Del Toro which is given a PG age rating in the UK for scary scenes, mild violence, rude humour, language.
The movie stars the voice of Gregory Mann as Pinocchio who previously starred in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Ewan McGregor who has appeared in classic movies such as Trainspotting and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, it also feature long time Del Toro collaborator Ron Perlman.
The movie is directed by Guillermo Del Toro who won an Oscar in 2018 for The Shape of Water and he's also directed classic like Pans Labyrinth.
Movie Synopsis
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
As we get closer to the re-opening of UK cinemas we take a look back at what was making headlines at the UK box office in the last 30 years.
We take a look at 1991 where Awakenings was the top movie, 2016 with Kung Fu Panda hitting the top and 2006 where The Hills Have Eyes was the new film at number 1.
No.1 movie: - Onward which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - The Hunt directed by Craig Zobel and starring Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank which entered the box office at number 3.
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.7 Million over 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Kung Fu Panda 3 starring Jack Black and Bryan Cranston and directed by Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh
Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.9 Million over 13 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart and Ramón Rodríguez and directed by Jonathan Liebesman
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £43.3 Million over 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Hills Have Eyes starring Maxime Giffard and Michael Bailey Smith and directed by Alexandre Aja
Longest run: - Walk the Line which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £12.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £19.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - The Watcher directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader and Marisa Tomei which entered the box office at number 7.
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
No.1 movie: - Trainspotting which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Restoration directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Neill which entered the box office at number 10.
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £19.3 Million after 11 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Awakenings starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and directed by Penny Marshall
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £10.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same weekend over the last 30 years.
Making headlines were Onward from this time last year, Rango hitting the top of the box office in 2011 and the classic Transpotting which was the bog movie of the week in 1996.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Onward starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt and directed by Dan Scanlon
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.4 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart and directed by Babak Najafi
Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.8 Million over 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Rango starring Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher and directed by Gore Verbinski
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £41.9 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Date Movie which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Syriana directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Kayvan Novak and George Clooney which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Brokeback Mountain which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £11.8 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £17 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Chocolat directed by Lasse Hallstrm and starring Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner and directed by Danny Boyle
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £18.8 Million after 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Godfather Part III starring Al Pacino and Diane Keaton and directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £9.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.
A fairly static top end of the box office charts leaves Sing at the top for a second consecutive weekend while the top new film os Rings right down at 7.
A second weekend gross of £3.8 million is enough to keep the animated feature at the top ahead of T2 Trainspotting, it brings the films total UK gross to £15.2 million.
T2 stays put at number 2 with £2.9 million but its worth noting that across the whole week it was the top film with £5.4 million compared to Sing's £4.8 million.
Top new film of the week is Rings, a reboot of 2003s The Ring. Rings weekend gross is £812,267 which is way lower than The Rings opening of £2.2 million.
The lower end of the box office has a number of new released, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter comes in at 8 with under half a million and Gold starring Matthew McConaughey is at 9.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is still the top total grossing film on the box office this weekend, currently at 13 the film has grossed £65.6 million.
Historical charts
A year ago - Goosebumps landed on the box office at the top knocking The Revenant to number 3 after 3 weeks at the top.
Five years ago - Sleeper hit Chronicle entered the box office at the top it knocked War Horse down to 4 after 3 weeks at the top.
Ten years ago - Dreamgirls was the new film at the top of the box office, it knocked Blood Diamond down to number 2.
Fifteen years ago - Vanilla Sky spent its second weekend at number 1 on the chart while top new film was Shallow Hal at number 3.
Twenty years ago - The Frighteners spent its second weekend at the top and in a quiet weekend there were no new releases.
Twenty five years ago - JFK remained at the top wile the top new film was Van Damme in Double Impact which entered at number 2.