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UK Box Office Weekend Report 18th - 20th April 2025: A Minecraft Movie keeps Sinners off the top spot as the video game adaptation spends a 3rd weekend at the top

UK Box Office Weekend Report 18th - 20th April 2025:  A Minecraft Movie keeps Sinners off the top spot as the video game adaptation spends a 3rd weekend at the top
A Minecraft Movie
Still going very strong in the UK, A Minecraft Movie spends a third weekend at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office with a gross of over £5 Million.

This pushes the movies total gross after 3 weeks to £45.5 Million and at the same time take over as the top movie of 2025 from Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy.

With no strong new releases coming until Thunderbolts the first weekend in May it could see at least one more weekend at the top.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Sinners starring Micheal B. Jordan which came in strong at number 2 with just over £1 Million.

Oscar winning animated movie Flow spends its 5th weekend on the chart this week.

UK box office QuickView

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th April 2025

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £5,307,316 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £45,467,916 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
A Minecraft Movie

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The Movie Is the Highest Debut On This Weeks UK Box Office Chart.
  • It Grosses £2,424,594 Over Its Debut Weekend

the Penguin Lessons

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £903,139 over the weekend, a 18% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,020,212 over 2 weeks of release
The Amateur

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. A Minecraft Movie - £5,307,316
  2. Sinners - £2,424,594
  3. The Penguin Lessons - £1,057,236
  4. The Amateur - £903,139
  5. Warfare - £752,942
  6. Snow White - £471,275
  7. Six: The Musical - £409,909
  8. Drop - £203,974
  9. The King of Kings - £169,889
  10. Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh - £123,800
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