James Cameron takes his third movie in the
Avatar series to the top of the UK box office, although with the lowest debut gross of the series so far when adjusted for inflation.
The movie take just less than £10 Million over the weekend which is still good for the third in a series of movies but both the first two moves are global Billion dollar movies.
Last weeks top movie, Zootopia 2 falls to number 2 this weekend making for a Disney 1 2 double header.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st December 2025
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 £9,015,796 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of December
- The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took £11,187,562 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 £1,879,319 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £18,640,722 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £20,701,132 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,072,379 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £42,775,032 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £48,233,182 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Remains At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £386,899 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £1,999,948 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £373,346 over the weekend, a 63% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,202,380 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £9,870,466 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Avatar: Fire and Ash - £9,015,796
- Zootopia 2 - £1,879,319
- Wicked: For Good - £1,072,379
- Dhurandhar - £386,899
- Five Nights At Freddy's 2 - £373,346
- Home Alone - £267,348
- Fackham Hall - £187,415
- The Polar Express - £183,081
- It's a Wonderful Life - £166,599
- Bha Bha Ba - £157,430
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