The fourth film in the series of zombie infected movies, and a direct sequel to
28 Years Later,
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple lands at the top of the UK box office this weekend with £3.3 Million.
The series is loosing steam as this is well over a million shy of the previous movie in the series which took £4.7 Million in its debut last year.
Falling from the top is The Housemaid which is at number 2 this weekend with a gross of £2.8 Million on its 4th weekeend of release.
The movie has shown incredible longevity in the UK and this weeks takes over from Avatar: Fire and Ash as the top movie of 2026 and has a total gross over £22 Million sice its release in 2025.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th January 2026
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 £3,376,384 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to 28 Years Later which took £4,780,374 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,827,934 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £22,630,490 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,608,944 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £8,396,010 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,702,004 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £38,439,770 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took £63,733,633 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,478,246 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £11,911,144 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - £3,376,384
- The Housemaid - £2,827,934
- Hamnet - £2,608,944
- Avatar: Fire and Ash - £1,702,004
- Marty Supreme - £1,478,246
- Zootopia 2 - £981,351
- Rental Family - £521,717
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - £473,377
- The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants - £467,289
- Anaconda - £300,917
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