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 weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 1st March 2026
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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Project Hail Mary - £4,776,660
- The Magic Faraway Tree - £2,838,248
- Hoppers - £1,023,834
- Dhurandhar 2 - £664,345
- Reminders of Him - £515,196
- Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come - £397,632
- They Will Kill You - £325,910
- Bluey At the Cinema Playdates With Friends - £185,098
- Mother's Pride - £149,092
- How to Make a Killing - £141,990
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