No change at the top this weekend as
Alien: Romulus remains at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend after making its debut there last week.
The movie is doing well in the UK and this week takes over £2 Million to bring its total gross to £8.2 Million.
Worth a mention this week is Kneecap which jumps to number 5 this weekend after a couple of weeks playing in its native Ireland and expanding to the rest of the UK.
Inside Out 2 continues its amazing run and after 11 weeks of release has taken nearly £57 Million.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th August 2024
Alien: Romulus
- The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £2,021,921 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £8,230,692 over 2 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
- The movie is a sequel to Alien: Covenant which took £10,003,742 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
It Ends With Us
- The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,847,480 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £15,860,073 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
- The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,778,863 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £52,075,805 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took £30,619,381 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
Despicable Me 4
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,419,828 over the weekend, a 16% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £41,992,767 over 7 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took £41,630,395 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.
Kneecap
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,035,664 over the weekend, a 89% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £1,051,664 over 3 weeks of release
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Alien: Romulus - £2,021,921
- It Ends With Us - £1,847,480
- Deadpool & Wolverine - £1,778,863
- Despicable Me 4 - £1,419,828
- Blink Twice - £746,328
- Inside Out 2 - £604,523
- The Crow - £410,308
- Coraline - £398,628
- Twisters - £280,756
- Trap - £265,835
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