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Mufasa: The Lion King goes back to the top of the UK box office this weekend on its third weekend of release to make it 2 weeks at the top.
The movie has had an amazing start to the year and this weekend takes £2.2 million to give it a total gross in the UK of £24 Million.
After a week at the top of the UK box office Nosferatu drops to number 2 with a gross of £1.9 Million giving it a total UK gross of £8.8 Million from 2 weeks of release.
Top new movie this weekend lands at number 5 in the shape of Babygirl starring Nicole Kidman which takes just over £1 Million on its debut.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th January 2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
- The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £2,201,919 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £24,023,259 over 4 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took £59,913,197 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
Nosferatu
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,992,465 over the weekend, a 62% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £8,825,009 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,497,794 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £20,921,886 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which took £16,391,816 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
We Live In Time
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,347,254 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,222,238 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025
Babygirl
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
- It grosses £1,091,180 over its debut weekend
- The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2025
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Mufasa: The Lion King - £2,201,919
- Nosferatu - £1,992,465
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - £1,497,794
- We Live In Time - £1,347,254
- Babygirl - £1,091,180
- A Real Pain - £999,818
- Wicked - £877,939
- Moana 2 - £853,473
- Better Man - £621,159
- Maria - £509,328
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