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UK Box Office Weekend Report 27th - 1st March 2026: Scream 7 gets a massive debut for a horror movie and tops the UK box office on its debut

UK Box Office Weekend Report 27th - 1st March 2026:  Scream 7 gets a massive debut for a horror movie and tops the UK box office on its debut
Scream 7
The seventh in the now long running horror series Scream tops the UK box office on its debut weekend as Scream 7 becomes one of the best debuting movies of the genre.

The movie takes a magnificent £3.8 Million on its debut at the top of the United Kingdom box office, it is ahead of the previous movie in the series but in a similar ball park.

Wuthering Heights spent 2 weeks at the top and slips to second this weekend with a gross of £2.2 Million and £20.2 Million in total.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Scream 7 (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Scream 7 (@1)
  • Longest run - Zootopia 2 (14 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Zootopia 2 (£35,900,000)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert (52%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,697,345
  • Also new this weekend
    • The Testament of Ann Lee
    • Sirāt
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 1st March 2026

Scream 7

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 £3,800,000 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of February
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2026
  • The movie is a sequel to Scream VI which took £3,043,922 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Scream 7

Wuthering Heights~2025

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £2,200,000 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £20,800,000 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert

  • The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,100,000 over the weekend, a 52% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £1,900,000 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2026

Goat~2026

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £902,617 over the weekend, a 67% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £11,800,000 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2026
Goat

Crime 101

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £410,851 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,700,000 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2026

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