There were 2 other new releases, the first at number 10, Kaduva which took £47,354 and The Warriorr came in at number 12 with £25,850.
Remaining at the top of the UK box office this weekend is the fourth in the Thor series of movies which is also part of the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The movie suffers a hard fall in its second weekend with 67% from a weekend of £4.06 Million.
The movie has taken a total gross in the UK of £20.8 Million which a 1% above the previous movie Thor: Ragnarok.
The animated sequel movie, which is a spin off of the greater Despicable Me franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with £2.6 Million, a slim 38% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £23.1 Million in the UK and this weekend breaks into the top 10 movies of 2022 at number 9.
The school summer holidays are about to start in the UK, and with the heatwave the Europe is experience at the moment this could work in the movies favour and it could see a return to the top.
The Baz Luhrmann directed bio-pic sits at number 3 this weekend with £1 Million, a very slim 24% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £16 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Still inside the top 5 after 8 weeks of release is the Tom Cruise sequel movie which has shattered expectation and this week takes £810,638, its first weekend taking under £1 Million.
Incredibly after 7 weeks this is a very slim 19% drop over last week and pushes the movies total to £72 Million, it is by far the top movie of 2022.
The dinosaur movie takes £383,502 on its 6th weekend of release, a reasonable 32% drop, which takes it total gross to £32 Million making it the 5th top movie of 2022.
Highest New Movie This Weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 6 in the shape of the 52 years in the making sequel to The Railway Children which starred a young Jenny Agutter.
This new movie is directed by Morgan Matthews and makes its debut with £365,481.
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