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UK Box Office Weekend Report 25th - 27th February 2022: The Duke is the top new movie of the weekend at 3 as Uncharted holds the top for a third weekend #boxoffice

UK Box Office Weekend Report 25th - 27th February 2022: The Duke is  the top new movie of the weekend at 3 as Uncharted holds the top for a third weekend #boxoffice
Uncharted
The Duke starring British powerhouses Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren is the top new movie of the weekend at number 3 while the video game adaptation Uncharted remains at the top for a third consecutive weekend.

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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 25th - 27th February 2022

Uncharted

Uncharted

Three weeks on and the Tom Holland movie adaptation of the popular video game of the same name directed by Ruben Fleischer is still the number 1 movie in the UK.

This weekend the film takes £3 Million which is an incredibly slim 18% drop from last weekend which gives the movie a total UK gross of £18 Million.

The movie is now the 3rd top movie of 2022 so far.

Sing 2

The incredible success of the animated sequel from director Garth Jennings keeps the movie at number 2 this weekend with a £2.6 Million weekend gross.

After 5 weeks of release this is an amazing 15% drop over last weekend, helped most likely by the half term week in the UK.

The movie has now taken £29 Million in the UK and is the top grossing film so far in 2022, it is also a slither away from outgrossing the 2017 original Sing.

The Duke

The Duke

Director Roger Michell brings to the screen this true life drama starring the UK acting powerhouse of Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.

The movie makes its UK box office debut at number 3 this weekend with £992,659.

Death on the Nile~2020

Still pulling in audiences is the Kenneth Branagh murder mystery adaptation which this week drop a single place to number 4 with £764,438 from its 3rd weekend of release, a 43% drop, giving the movie a £6 Million total and the 6th top movie of 2022.

Dog

Dropping to number 5 on its second weekend the Channing Tatum starring movie takes £650,852, a 21% drop, giving it a total UK gross of £2.1 Million.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Uncharted - £3,084,101
  2. Sing 2 - £2,672,588
  3. The Duke - £992,659
  4. Death On the Nile - £764,438
  5. Dog - £650,852
  6. Spider-Man: No Way Home - £579,227
  7. Cyrano - £398,650
  8. Belfast - £366,062
  9. Jackass Forever - £298,747
  10. The Godfather - £267,095
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