Reviving the
Alien franchise director Fede Alvarez takes his new movie
Alien: Romulus, set between
Alien and
Aliens to the top of the UK box office.
The movie lands at number 1 with a £3.7 Million gross, lower than the previous movie in the series by director Ridley Scott, Alien: Covenant which took £5.1 Million.
Dropping down to number 2 this weekend is It Ends With Us which takes £2.8 Million for a total gross of £11.3 Million.
Inside Out 2 continues to do well and remains at number 7 this weekend with a total gross of £55.5 Million.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th August 2024
Alien: Romulus
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 £3,741,287 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
- The movie is a sequel to Alien: Covenant which took £5,178,531 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
It Ends With Us
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,834,201 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £11,384,454 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,393,213 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £48,418,795 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took £29,042,739 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
Coraline
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,260,124 over the weekend, a 100% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £1,263,351 over 11 weeks of release
Despicable Me 4
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,195,158 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £38,786,080 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took £39,340,830 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Alien: Romulus - £3,741,287
- It Ends With Us - £2,834,201
- Deadpool & Wolverine - £2,393,213
- Coraline - £1,260,124
- Despicable Me 4 - £1,195,158
- Trap - £558,233
- Inside Out 2 - £506,524
- Twisters - £315,162
- Stree 2 - £291,804
- Borderlands - £181,065
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