As the Christmas holiday arrives Disney score a number 1 hit with the sequel movie
Mufasa: The Lion King, topping the UK box office on its debut weekend.
The movie takes over at the top of the UK box office with a weekend gross of over £4.4 Million, although this is a far cry from the £16.6 Million of the 2019 original The Lion King.
Last weeks top movie Moana 2 falls to number 3 this weekend and has taken £29 Million over its 4 weeks of release.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd December 2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
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 £4,415,961 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of December
- The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took £16,671,764 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Wicked~2024
- The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,511,897 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £48,233,182 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
Moana 2
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,057,688 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £29,751,577 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Moana which took £9,833,507 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
Paddington In Peru
- The movie Remains At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £653,489 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £31,375,364 over 7 weeks of release
- The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Paddington 2 which took £34,250,039 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.
Gladiator II
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £497,569 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £29,691,557 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took £22,753,751 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Mufasa: The Lion King - £4,415,961
- Wicked - £2,511,897
- Moana 2 - £2,057,688
- Paddington In Peru - £653,489
- Gladiator II - £497,569
- Conclave - £331,308
- London 2024 (Ballet) Ivanov/Wright The Nutcracker - ROH - £227,082
- Kraven the Hunter - £171,942
- It's a Wonderful Life - £140,143
- Red One - £130,014
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