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UK Box Office Weekend Report 12th - 14th May 2023: Guardians of the Galaxy 3 spends a second weekend at the top as its total gross hits nearly £25 Million

UK Box Office Weekend Report 12th - 14th May 2023:  Guardians of the Galaxy 3 spends a second weekend at the top as its total gross hits nearly £25 Million
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
With the studios clearing their new release schedule for the second weekend of the MCU title Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 the movie stays at the top of the UK box office with a gross of just over £5 Million.

This pushes the movies total gross to nearly £25 Million which is just below the gross of the previous movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

With The Super Mario Bros. Movie remaining in second place the top new movie of the weekend is Love Again at number 3 with £340,785.

Also new this weekend is Book Club 2: The Next Chapter which makes its debut at 4 with £299,370, which is less than half the £720,858 debut of Book Club.

Outside the top 5 there is a new entry for the cinema even Eurovision Grand Final Live, the popular music content which got broadcast in cinemas for the first ever time and took £237,787 on its single day showing.

Finally The Eight Mountains was new at 12 with £72,025 and Machine Gun Kelly: Mainstream Sellout Live From Cleveland was a debut at 13 with £57,624.

UK box office QuickView

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th May 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

  • 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 £5,349,346 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £23,988,608 over 2 weeks of release
  • It is the 8th top debuting movie in the month of May
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took £27,419,501 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

  • The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £858,444 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £51,077,190 over 6 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

Love Again~2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It grosses £340,785 over its debut weekend

Book Club 2: The Next Chapter

Book Club 2: The Next Chapter

  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £299,370 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is a sequel to Book Club which took £720,858 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

Evil Dead Rise

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £258,417 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,024,234 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £381,902 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - £5,349,346
  2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie - £858,444
  3. Love Again - £340,785
  4. Book Club 2: The Next Chapter - £299,370
  5. Evil Dead Rise - £258,417
  6. 2018 - £242,217
  7. Eurovision Grand Final Live 2023 - £237,787
  8. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - £179,078
  9. John Wick: Chapter 4 - £121,185
  10. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - £99,553
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