The movie series formerly known as the DCEU is coming to an end with James Gunn taking over as show runner, but there are a couple more movies left in the ols series and this week has the release of
The Flash.
The movie opens to £4.2 Million which is twice that of Shazam Fury of the Gods from earlier this year, but it is way short of the series most successful movie Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice which opened to £14.6 Million.
Falling into second place after a 2 week run at the top is Spider Man: Across the Spider Verse with a total of £20 Million and falling to 4th is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts with a 60% drop over last weekend.
Based on the music of Take That Greatest Days is new at 5 with £536,955 while there is a re-entry for Fleabag: NT Live 2019 at £86,597 ahead of Phoebe Waller-Bridge starring in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th June 2023
The Flash

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 £4,252,532 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of June
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,614,173 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £20,300,416 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
- The movie is a sequel to Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse which took £5,878,855 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
The Little Mermaid~2023
- The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,323,769 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £22,028,857 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,184,662 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,008,562 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Bumblebee which took £9,118,933 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
Greatest Days
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- The Flash - £4,252,532
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - £2,614,173
- The Little Mermaid - £1,323,769
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - £1,184,662
- Greatest Days - £536,955
- Fleabag: NT Live 2019 - £490,776
- Adipurush - £275,982
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - £251,592
- Fast X - £208,640
- The Boogeyman - £139,790
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