A battle for the top of the UK box office happened this weekend and where Furiosa was the favourite to win it ended up with The Garfield Movie topping the UK box office.

The big orange cat this week took £2.1 Million at the UK box office, compared to the last big screen Garfield movie, Garfield 2 from 2006, this is higher as that movie took £739,560.

Making a new entry at number 2 is the latest in the now long running Mad Max saga, Furiosa which just misses out on a place at he top having taken just under £2 Million on its debut.

Last weeks number 1 film, IF~2024 falls to number 3 this weekend after a single week at the top and has taken £4.6 Million to date.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th May 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,969,140 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,631,942 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,609,449 over 2 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £752,683 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £9,544,080 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2024

This weekend, Friday 1st April 2022, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Batman, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• The Bad Guys
• Morbius
• Coppélia

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

• The movie is directed by Jeff Fowler, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeff Fowler also directed Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020 which grossed £19.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $306.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Schwartz who also starred in Turbo (2013).
• The film also stars Idris Elba who was last seen in The Harder They Fall (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 1

The Bad Guys

• The movie is from director Pierre Perifel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sam Rockwell who also starred in Trolls World Tour (2020).
• The film also stars Awkwafina who was last seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 8

Morbius

• The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Daniel Espinosa also directed Child 44 in 2015 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jared Leto who also starred in Urban Legend (1998).
• The film also stars Matt Smith who was last seen in Morbius (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 2

Coppélia

• The movie is from director Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Michaela DePrince who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Daniel Camargo who is making a feature film debut.
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 5

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

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Friday, 8th April
• The Outfit - Friday, 8th April

Last weekend saw Spider-Man: No Way Home at the top of the UK box office, with 4 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Licorice Pizza
• Malibu Road
• The Humans
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Licorice Pizza

• The movie is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Paul Thomas Anderson also directed Punch Drunk Love in 2003 which grossed £322.9K in the UK.
• It stars Alana Haim who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Cooper Hoffman who is making a feature film debut.
• Box Office Prediction: 5

Malibu Road

• The movie is from director Montgomery Markland
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jessica Jade Andres who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Benita Robledo who last appeared in Lets Be Cops (2014).

The Humans

• The movie is from director Stephen Karam
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Richard Jenkins who also starred in Turbo (2013).
• The film also stars Jayne Houdyshell who last appeared in Little Women (2019).
• They also appeared together in Changing Lanes (2002).

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

• The movie is directed by Will Sharpe, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Will Sharpe also directed The Darkest Universe in 2016 which grossed £2.3K in the UK.
• It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who also starred in The Fifth Estate (2013).
• The film also stars Claire Foy who last appeared in Louis Wain (2021).
• Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Wreckers (2011) and Louis Wain (2021).

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

Next week there is 1 new movie

• The 355 - Friday, 7th January

Gone Girl gives up it's reign at the top of the box office this week allowing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to debut at the top.

Reboots being the name of the game, Michael Bay produces a new take on the Turtles story of which the first film was released back in 1990.

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Megan Fox the new spin makes £4.7 million on it's opening weekend, there is no data for the opening weekend of the 1990 version, but an animated version came out in 2007 called TMNT which tool just less than a million pond on it's debut.

Gone Girl is still doing very well at the box office and this weeks falls into second place with a weekend gross of £2.3 million pound to bring it's total gross in the UK to £14.2 million which places it between Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Terminator Salvation as the top UK films.

Other new film at the UK are The Best of Me at 5, The Judge (a little disappointingly) at 9 and Northern Soul at 10, event feature The Metropolitan Opera Le Nozze Di Figaro 2014 is at 11.

Historical charts.

One year ago - Last year animated film Turbo was debuting a the top of the box office knocking Prisoners right down to fourth with Captain Phillips and Escape Plan also debuting in second and third.

Five years ago - Up remained at the top for another week while Couples Retreat was the highest new film debuting at two.

Ten years ago - Shark Tale made it's debut at the top of the box office knocking the previous number one, Bride and Prejudice down to fourth.

Fifteen years ago - Deep Blue Sea made a debut at the top of the box office chart meaning that American Pie took a tumble into second place.