It was a two way fight for the top of the UK box office this weekend with the Amy Winehouse bio-pic winning with a debut gross of £2.7 Million.
The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and is her top grossing debut movie in the UK outside of Fifty Shades of Grey which took £13.5 Million on its debut.
Coming in at number 2 is the new movie from Alex Garland, Civil War come in with a debut gross of £1.8 Million.
Last weeks top movie, Kung Fu Panda 4 slides to number 3 this weekend after 2 weeks at the top and has taken a great £17.2 Million in total.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th April 2024
Back to Black
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- 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 £2,772,698 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of April
Civil War
Kung-Fu Panda 4
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,754,440 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £17,291,699 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 which took £8,961,602 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,185,986 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £11,886,417 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £787,096 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £14,066,300 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife which took £10,130,382 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Back to Black - £2,772,698
- Civil War - £1,823,179
- Kung-Fu Panda 4 - £1,754,440
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - £1,185,986
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - £787,096
- Dune: Part Two - £567,599
- Monkey Man - £387,055
- The First Omen - £260,415
- SUGA | Agust D Tour 'D-Day': The Movie - £220,582
- Aavesham - £207,308
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