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UK Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th December 2022: Matilda the Musical tops the UK box office for the third weekend in a row

UK Box Office Weekend Report 9th - 11th December 2022:  Matilda the Musical tops the UK box office for the third weekend in a row
Matilda: The Musical
As the box office is in a holding patern before the release of this weeks potential mega hit Matilda the Musical remains at the top for a third weekend in a row.

The highest new entry this weeke dis at 7 with The Nutcracker: ROH London 2022 taking £133,397, also along with The Polar Express making a seasonal re-entry and Top Gun: Maverick getting back in to the chart there is a new entry for The Hours: Met Opera 2022 at number 15 with £54,274.

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UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th December 2022

Matilda: The Musical

Matilda: The Musical

Remaining at the for a third straight weekend is the musical version of the Roal Dahl book Matilda which takes £2.1 over the weekend, a tiny 17% drop.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £10.7 after 3 weeks of release.

In comparison to the 1996 movie this is way below, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £6.2 Million on its 3rd weekend for a total of £34 Million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Remaining at number 2 this weeks is the sequel movie from marvel which takes £803,799 on its 5th weekend, a 47% drop.

This gives the Black Panther sequel a total gross of £30.8 to date and it is now the 8th top grossing movie of 2022.

Compared to the first film this movie is far lower, Black Panther took £1.8 Million on its 5th weekend for a total of £42 Million.

Violent Night

Second weekend on the box office for the Home Alone meets Santa Claus movie which this weekend takes £567,350, a 31% drop.

The movies remains at 3 this weekend with total gross now at £1.9 Million on the UK box office.

Strange World

Strange World

Disney's latest animated tale stays at number 4 this weekend with £305,802, a 31% drop from last weekend.

This pushes the total gross of £1,7 Million, very low for a Disney film, comparing it to Encanto its less than half thats movie total at this point which was £4,2 Million.

The Menu~2022

Remaining at 5 this weekend is the fine dining tale of woe which takes £192,827 on its 4th weeeknd, a 42% drop.

The movies total gross is not up to £3 Million.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Matilda: The Musical - £2,102,866
  2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - £803,799
  3. Violent Night - £567,350
  4. Strange World - £305,802
  5. The Menu - £192,827
  6. Elf - £148,970
  7. The Nutcracker: ROH London 2022 - £133,397
  8. Home Alone - £119,532
  9. The Muppet Christmas Carol - £94,221
  10. The Polar Express - £88,882
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