With a battle of new releases trying to make their debut's at the top of the UK box office this weekend
The Creator from director Gareth Edwards beats out the tenth
Saw movie.
The sci-fi fantasy from the director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story took £2.3 Million to hit the top of the box office charts.
With a debut gross of £1.9 Million Saw X comes in behind 5 of the other Saw movies with Saw: The Final Chapter the top debuting movie with £3.6 Million and Saw III is the top grossing of the series with £8.4 Million.
Last weeks top movie, A Haunting In Venice, falls to number 3 this weekend on its 3rd week of release.
UK box office QuickView
- Number 1 - The Creator (1st Weekend)
- Highest debut - The Creator (@1)
- Longest run - Barbie (11 weeks)
- Highest total gross - Barbie (£95,317,523)
- Best Percentage change week on week - A Haunting In Venice (-32%)
- Total UK top 15 this weekend - £7,963,419
- Also new this weekend
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 1st October 2023
The Creator~2023
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 £2,255,034 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of September
Saw X
A Haunting In Venice
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,006,466 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,782,314 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Death On the Nile which took £6,455,215 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
The Nun II
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £418,693 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,871,593 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to The Nun which took £10,597,539 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
The Equalizer 3
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £323,247 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £7,890,866 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took £7,247,966 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
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