The Denzel Washington starring
The Equalizer 3 tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release, replacing
Barbie after a 6 week run at the top.
The sequel movie to The Equalizer comes in with a debut of £2.7 Million which is the best debut of the series.
Barbie falls to number 2 this weekend as its gross increases to £92.5 Million as the movie draws closer to the &Pound;100 Million mark which would make it only the third movie in UK box office history to do so.
UK box office QuickView
- Number 1 - The Equalizer 3 (1st Weekend)
- Highest debut - The Equalizer 3 (@1)
- Longest run - Elemental (9 weeks)
- Highest total gross - Barbie (£92,584,022)
- Best Percentage change week on week - Elemental (39%)
- Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,993,106
- Also new this weekend
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd September 2023
The Equalizer 3
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 £2,783,302 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of September
- The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took £1,980,754 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Barbie
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,641,410 over the weekend, a 16% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £92,584,022 over 7 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
- The movie is the 7th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
Oppenheimer
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £960,504 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £55,413,088 over 7 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
Sound of Freedom
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £618,912 over the weekend, a 23% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £9,148,597 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- The Equalizer 3 - £2,783,302
- Barbie - £1,641,410
- Oppenheimer - £960,504
- Sound of Freedom - £760,060
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - £618,912
- Elemental - £559,291
- Meg 2: The Trench - £534,667
- Blue Beetle - £495,507
- Haunted Mansion - £394,330
- Cobweb - £325,904
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