Keeping hold of the number 1 spot at the UK box office is
Weapons which only drops from its debut last week by 45% and takes £1.5 Million this weekend.
THe movie which has become a major smash worldwide now has taken £6.2 Million in the UK in total grosses.
Highest new movie of the weekend is Materialists from director Celine Song and starring Dakota Johnson.
The movie takes £1.2 Million in its debut weekend which is more that twice that if the directors previous movie Past Lives which went on to gross £2.8 Million.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th August 2025
- 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 £1,557,828 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,254,095 over 2 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The Movie Is the Highest Debut On This Weeks UK Box Office Chart.
- It Grosses £1,287,220 Over Its Debut Weekend
Coolie
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £915,703 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £4,027,369 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £2,681,882 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £688,025 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £20,888,025 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Weapons - £1,557,828
- Materialists - £1,287,220
- Coolie - £939,507
- Freakier Friday - £915,703
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps - £688,025
- The Bad Guys 2 - £542,737
- The Naked Gun - £532,000
- Together - £504,489
- War 2 - £503,416
- Nobody 2 - £475,724
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