A very quiet weekend at the UK box office has
Weapons remain at the top for a third weekend in a row with a £1.1 Million weekend gross.
The movie has become a surprise big box office hit and has a total UK gross of £8.6 Million.
Which much of the top 5 staying in the same place this weekend the highest new movie is at number 6 with The Life of Chuck taking £486,294 on its debut.
Worth noting is the this weeks top 15 is one of the lowest weekend total for many weekend with little in the way of big blockbuster movies getting released, and summer holdovers like Superman and The Fantastic Four First Steps simply not bringing in the numbers.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th August 2025
- The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £1,147,166 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £8,668,189 over 3 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £739,747 over the weekend, a 19% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,848,203 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £4,530,548 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £554,097 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £2,593,725 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £510,883 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £10,217,297 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie Remains At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £507,615 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £22,029,709 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2025
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Weapons - £1,147,166
- Freakier Friday - £739,747
- Materialists - £554,097
- The Bad Guys 2 - £510,883
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps - £507,615
- The Life of Chuck - £486,294
- The Naked Gun - £391,877
- Jurassic World: Rebirth - £263,048
- Nobody 2 - £247,770
- Eddington - £247,442
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