After only a week at the top
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu drop to number 2 after the viral horror idea
Backroom makes a strong debut at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st May 2026
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 £4,281,936 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of May
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,660,970 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £11,329,181 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which took £39,435,355 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,763,682 over the weekend, a 1% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £48,019,081 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,565,341 over the weekend, a 18% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,834,514 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £875,712 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £32,144,914 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took £12,717,312 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Backrooms - £4,281,936
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - £2,660,970
- Michael - £1,763,682
- Obsession - £1,565,341
- The Devil Wears Prada 2 - £875,712
- The Sheep Detectives - £711,254
- Tuner - £361,457
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - £221,621
- Power Ballad - £203,650
- Passenger - £148,158
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