Sequel movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the top new movie of the weekend making its debut a the top of the UK box office knocking Scream VI to number 3 after a weeke at the top.

Also new this weekend is AllelujahRye Lane is new at number 8 with £258,997 and director Ti West's new movie Pearl is new at 12 with £192,504 which is lower than the directors previous movie X which makes its debut with £227,501.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th March 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

As the DCEU prepares to become the James Gunn universe there are still a couple of the old Snyder universe films to get released and this sequel movie to Shazam gets its debut this week with a gross of £2.3 Million

This is lower than the predecessor which took over £4 Million on its debut, although this movie has got good audience reviews which would see it have good legs and hang around for a while.

• The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,397,953 on its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Shazam! which took £4,067,068 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

Remaining at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to Creed II which takes £1.2 Million on its third weekend of release.

• The movie remains at Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,237,128 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,663,454 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Creed II which took £7,414,211 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

After making its debut at the top of the UK box office last weekend the 6th movie in the Scream series falls to number 3 with a groos of just under a million.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £987,312 over the weekend, a 68% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,137,371 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Scream which took £4,753,247 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

From the pen of Alan Bennett comes this hospital based drama starring the usual array of british tallen including Jennifer Saunders and Judi Dench.

The movie got a bit of a critical panning which is perhaps reflected in the relatively low opening gross of at the box office.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £715,783 on its debut weekend

The new Adam Driver movie falls to number 5 after making its debut last weekend and has a total gross of nearly £2.5 Million.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £567,710 over the weekend, a 55% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £2,402,287 over 2 weeks of release

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

1. Shazam! Fury of the Gods - £2,397,953
2. Creed III - £1,237,128
3. Scream VI - £987,312
4. Allelujah - £715,783
5. 65 - £567,710
6. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - £551,520
7. Broker - £500,000
8. Rye Lane - £258,997
9. What's Love Got to Do With It? - £242,791
10. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - £239,802

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