Superstar Timothée Chalamet takes his latest film to the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend as bio-pic
A Complete Unknown is the new number 1 movie.
Directed by James Mangold the movie takes £2.6 Million on its debut at the top.
Last weeks top movie, the blockbuster Disney movie Mufasa: The Lion King drop down just one place to number 2 with a weekend gross of £1.6 Million.
The movie has now taken £26.2 Million in the UK over a 5 weekend release window.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th January 2025
A Complete Unknown
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 £2,616,302 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,626,697 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £26,210,183 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took £65,977,991 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,080,662 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £22,287,279 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which took £20,231,802 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
Nosferatu
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,075,989 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £10,899,059 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2025
We Live In Time
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £862,842 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,810,954 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- A Complete Unknown - £2,616,302
- Mufasa: The Lion King - £1,626,697
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - £1,080,662
- Nosferatu - £1,075,989
- We Live In Time - £862,842
- Babygirl - £742,029
- Wolf Man - £654,326
- Moana 2 - £589,363
- Wicked - £542,988
- A Real Pain - £435,918
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