The new movie,
Challengers, from director Luca Guadagnino starring superstar Zendaya tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release.
Challengers makes its debut with a gross of £1.4 Million which is the 11th top grossing movie in an April window.
The movie knocks off 2 week number 1 movie Back to Black which falls to number 2 this weekend and has grossed £9 Million to date.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th April 2024
Challengers
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 £1,451,880 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of April
Back to Black
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,400,000 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £9,000,000 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024
Kung-Fu Panda 4
- The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £904,199 over its debut weekend
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 which took £12,835,111 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
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Civil War
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £755,426 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,200,000 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2024
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Challengers - £1,607,094
- Back to Black - £1,419,500
- Kung-Fu Panda 4 - £948,033
- Civil War - £755,426
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - £597,586
- Abigail - £378,317
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - £332,883
- Spy X Family Code: White - £280,728
- Dune: Part Two - £253,850
- Monkey Man - £124,894
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