Director Denis Villeneuve brings his second part of the
Dune story to the big screen, and unlike the forst part this movie doesn't have to deal with a pandemic and opens to just over £9 Million.
The original movie which was delayed until 2021 took £5.8 Million on its debut, at the time this was good for a movie after all the COVID19 cinema closures.
Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to second place this week after 2 weekends at the top, the movie has taken an excellent £4,2 Million in total box office grosses.
Madame Web hangs on for another weekend on the top 5 bit with a total gross of only £3.9 Million it will be one of the lowest grossing superhero movie in the modern era.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd March 2024
Dune: Part Two
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 £9,279,080 over its debut weekend
- It is the 7th top debuting movie in the month of March
- The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Dune which took £5,876,892 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Bob Marley: One Love
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,351,557 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £13,760,796 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
Wicked Little Letters
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,172,890 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £4,259,564 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024
Migration
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £961,524 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £17,590,513 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
Madame Web
- The movie Remains At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £246,538 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £3,916,755 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Dune: Part Two - £9,279,080
- Bob Marley: One Love - £1,351,557
- Wicked Little Letters - £1,172,890
- Migration - £961,524
- Madame Web - £246,538
- Wonka - £143,379
- Hamlet - £134,742
- Manjummel Boys - £124,319
- The Zone of Interest - £110,215
- Perfect Days - £109,910
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