The Disney sequel movie
Moana 2 has stormed the United Kingdom box office as it debuts at the top with a weekend gross of £12 Million.
This is about £10 Million more than the original Moana movie which took in 2016 when it made its debut a the same time of year.
Any other weekend Wicked would have stayed at the top of the box office with a second weekend gross of £8.3 Million, but the Disney sequel was just too strong.
Still the musical adaptation only falls to number 2 and the weeks ahead look to be strong and a battle between this and Moana 2 over the holiday period could be on the cards.
THe whole of the top 5 this weekend took over £1 Million each something which is still quite rare in the UK and hasn't happened since the weekend of August 16th 2024.
UK box office QuickView
- Number 1 - Moana 2 (1st Weekend)
- Highest debut - Moana 2 (@1)
- Longest run - The Wild Robot (7 weeks)
- Highest total gross - Wicked (£28,530,258)
- Best Percentage change week on week - Wicked (-39%)
- Total UK top 15 this weekend - £26,829,211
- Also new this weekend
- Check out the full UK box office.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 1st December 2024
Moana 2
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 £12,021,342 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of November
- The movie is a sequel to Moana which took £2,214,898 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Wicked~2024
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £8,371,251 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £28,530,258 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
Gladiator II
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,533,801 over the weekend, a 47% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £23,596,835 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took £14,430,743 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
Paddington In Peru
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,808,775 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £27,320,210 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Paddington 2 which took £26,903,226 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
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