After only a week at the top Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu drop to number 2 after the viral horror idea Backroom makes a strong debut at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st May 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,660,970 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,329,181 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which took £39,435,355 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,763,682 over the weekend, a 1% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £48,019,081 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £875,712 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £32,144,914 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took £12,717,312 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

This weekend, Friday 27th January 2023, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Avatar: The Way of Water, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Infinity Pool
• Close
• Thankam
• Maybe I Do
• Distant

Infinity Pool

• The movie is directed by Brandon Cronenberg, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Brandon Cronenberg also directed Antiviral in 2013.
• It stars Mia Goth who also starred in The Secret of Marrowbone (2018).
• The film also stars Alexander Skarsgård who was last seen in The Northman (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Close

• The movie is directed by Lukas Dhont, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Lukas Dhont also directed Girl in 2019.
• It stars Eden Dambrine who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Gustav De Waele who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Thankam

• The movie is from director Saheed Arafath and Prinish Prabhakaran.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Biju Menon who also starred in Ayappanu Koshium (2020).
• The film also stars Vineeth Sreenivasan who was last seen in Kunjeldo (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Maybe I Do

• The movie is from director Michael Jacobs.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Emma Roberts who also starred in Lymelife (2008).
• The film also stars Diane Keaton who was last seen in Book Club 2: The Next Chapter (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Distant

• The movie is directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Josh Gordon and Will Speck also directed Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile in 2022 which grossed $46.8 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Anthony Ramos who also starred in White Girl (2016).
• The film also stars Naomi Scott who was last seen in Charlie's Angels (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA 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

• Sword Art Online: Progressive - Scherzo of Deep Night - Friday, 3rd February
• The Amazing Maurice - Friday, 3rd February
• 80 For Brady - Friday, 3rd February
• Knock At the Cabin - Friday, 3rd February

Following a trend set by Universal with The Invisible Man and Warner Bros. with Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn), Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel will get a release on digital March 24th, next Tuesday!

Coupled with bad reviews and not so good word of mouth the movie which was released at the box office last Friday (March 13th) the film will have one of the shortest windows of a major blockbuster.

The self isolation and lockdowns of the world during this unprecedented time of the coronavirus pandemic is setting new standards of box office to home entertainment window.

For big blockbusters the window has always been 3 - 6 months, unlike the 80's and 90's when the window from box office to VHS could be a year or more.

We live in a time now when people have much better home entertainment systems, as opposed to a 14 inch low quality TV with a mono speaker attached and the best way to see a film was at the cinema.

It will be interesting to see if this 'experiment' sets a standard or its just a temporary measure while the world deals with the viral outbreak.

As cinemas close and people decide to remain indoors due to the global coronavirus pandemic Pixar's Onward remains at the top while the Vin Diesel starring Bloodshot is the top new entry at number 2.

Onward

Pixars latest film is definitely feeling the effects of deserted cinemas as it takes only $10.6 Million on its second weekend of release.

This is down nearly 75% from last weeks total and puts the movies total at $60.3 Million.

One small glimer of hope is that Pixar films do tend to have longevity and providing the cinema closures in many US states is lifted in April and the schools might still be closed this movie could make money late in its run.

Bloodshot

Many new films have had their release dates moved due to the viral outbreak but this movie still got a release, and maybe coupled with bad reviews and word of mouth the movie enters at number 2 but to only $9.1 Million.

The road ahead does not look good for the movie and the studio may just cut its losses in the coming weeks and put the film on streaming way before expected.

I Still Believe

The faith based movie has a good opening weekend and makes its debut at number 3 with $9.1 Million.

The Invisible Man

Falling to number 4 is the Universal monster movie which takes $5.8 Million over the weekend.

This puts the movies total gross at $64.3 Million after 3 weeks of release and you cant help thinking the movie would be over the $100 million mark in a normal market.

Universal have announced that the movie will be released on streaming for $19.99 this coming Friday so it will be interesting to see what effect this has on the film box office performance, even with all the cinema closures.

The Hunt

Making its debut at number 5 is this Craig Zobel directed movie which takes $5.3 Million over the weekend.

Jumanji: The Next Level

14 weeks on the the Jake Kasdan directed movie is the longest running film on the box office and with $316.7 Million it is also the highest total grossing film this week.

In the ever increasing list of films being delayed because of the global coronavirus pandemic Fast & Furious 9 is delayed until April 2nd 2021.

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— #F9 (@TheFastSaga) March 12, 2020

The list of film getting delayed is increasing with No Time To Die, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaways and just today The Quiet Place Part II all getting put back.

The viral outbreak is making a difference to the box office as evidence by last weekends results and with no end in sight you can't blame the studios.

Getting put back to 2021 is a strange move but Easter/Spring is clearly the best time of year for this Billion dollar franchise.