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UK Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th August 2021: The Suicide Squad retains it lead at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend

UK Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th August 2021:  The Suicide Squad retains it lead at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend
The Suicide Squad
No big new releases at the UK box office this weekend has led to the whole top 5 staying the same with The Suicide Squad retaining its lead on the UK box office.

Disney's The Jungle Cruise holds tight at number 2 while the top new movie of the week is Stillwater starring Matt Damon which makes its debut at number 7 with £478,386.

Lower down the box office there is a new entry for The Last Letter From Your Lover at number 9 with £274,322 while outside the top 10 Blackpink: The Movie is new at 11 with £168,549 and animated feature Moonbound is new at 14 with £74,873.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Suicide Squad (2nd weekend)
  • Highest debut - Stillwater (@7)
  • Longest Run - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (12 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (£19.6 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 6th - 8th August 2021

The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

Remaining at the top of the box office for a second weekend is the James Gunn directed take on the comic book bad guys which takes £2.26 Million, a slim 30% drop over last weekend.

This brings the movies total to £7.9 Million over its 2 weekends of release and taking it into the top 10 movies of 2021 at number 8.

Jungle Cruise

A second weekend at number 2 for the Disney movie which takes £1.9 Million, a very slim 13% drop over last weekend, the school holidays clearly doing favours for this movie.

This takes the films total UK gross to £6.1 Million after 2 weekends and a number 9 position on the top movies of 2021.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

The basketball toon movie starring LeBron James remains at 3 this weekend with £1.07 Million, 17% down on last weekend.

The movie has now taken £8.7 Million in the UK over 4 weeks and is the 7th top movie of 2021.

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

The animated sequel takes £867,255 this weekend, an almost non existent 3% down from last weekend, this gives the movie a total of £6 Million after 4 weeks of release and a number 10 position on the top movies of 2021 in the UK.

Black Widow

Finishing off the top 5 this weekend is the Disney/Marvel movie starring Scarlett Johansson which takes £539,999, 31% down from last weekend giving the movie £17 Million and a number 2 position on the top movies of 2021.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Suicide Squad - £2,267,135
  2. Jungle Cruise - £1,960,317
  3. Space Jam: A New Legacy - £1,070,174
  4. The Croods: A New Age - £867,255
  5. Black Widow - £539,999
  6. Spirit Untamed - £488,545
  7. Stillwater - £478,386
  8. Old - £296,778
  9. The Last Letter From Your Lover - £274,322
  10. The Forever Purge - £216,827
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