Highest new movie of the weekend is the Nicholas Cage parody movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which can only manage an entry at 7 with £516,697 while FirebirdHappening is at 14 with £27,702 and finally Jersey enters at 15 with £23,830.
UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
This weekends new releases and the bad performance of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has given the video game adaptation a chance to go back to the top of the box office and a couple of weeks at number 2 and 3.
The movie took £1.6 Million over the weekend to go back to the top, only a 20% drop over last weekend, which gives it a total gross of £20.2 Million over 4 weeks of release.
It is performing better than Sonic the Hedgehog which at this stage in its run has taken £18 Million, and the movie is the 5th top film of 2022.
The third movie in the Fantastic Beasts series is not performing as well as expected and this weekend remains at number 2 with £1.6 Million, a 40% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken £16.4 Million in the UK which is well below the previous 2 movies, it is currently the 6th top movie of 2022 in the UK.
Falling to number 3 after a single week at the top where it debuted last weekend the action comedy from directors Adam and Aaron Nee takes £1.3 Million this week, a 50% drop, for a total of £5.6 Million.
Director John Madden's war drama jumps up to number 4 this weekend from its debut of 5 last weekend with £758,698, a small 15% drop, giving the film a £2.6 Million total after 2 weeks of release.
A slim 6% drop for the animated movie gives it a climb to number 5 this weekend with £738,011 for a £9.3 Million total after 4 weeks of release.
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