As 2024 comes to an end
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 takes over at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.
The threequel movie which has got good reviews across the board makes its debut with a gross of £11.7 Million.
This is higher than the previous movie but this figure is the gross since release and only took £4 Million over the weekend.
Falling to number 2 is Mufasa: The Lion King which took £4.2 Million and was the top movie once the 3 day weekend Friday to Sunday.
Also new this weekend is Better Man, the Robbie Williams bio-pic which is new at 5 with £1.5 Million.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th December 2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
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 £11,760,314 over its debut weekend
- It is the 8th top debuting movie in the month of December
- The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which took £4,986,334 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Mufasa: The Lion King
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £4,244,612 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £12,613,098 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took £36,889,089 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
Wicked~2024
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,699,246 over the weekend, a 7% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £53,009,797 over 6 weeks of release
Moana 2
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,214,589 over the weekend, a 7% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £33,768,201 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Moana which took £13,701,447 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
Better Man~2024
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - £11,760,314
- Mufasa: The Lion King - £4,244,612
- Wicked - £2,699,246
- Moana 2 - £2,214,589
- Better Man - £1,568,932
- Paddington In Peru - £819,038
- Gladiator II - £561,662
- Conclave - £364,319
- Baby John - £112,834
- Kraven the Hunter - £87,631
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