The Roses, a make of
The War of the Roses, starring Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch makes its debut a the top of the Uk box office this weekend with a £2.1 Million gross.
The current period of late summer into autumn is proving a very quiet period for the box office, last weekend was the lowest total gross for the top 15 in many a month and this weekend is only slightly higer.
Coming in at number 2 is the 50th Anniversary re-release of Steven Spielbergs classic blockbuster Jaws which takes £1.1 Million over the weekend.
Weapons falls to number 3 this weekend but is still pulling in the audiences with a slender 27% drop and has taken over £10 Million after 4 weeks.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st August 2025
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 £2,183,190 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
Weapons
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £838,351 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £10,387,914 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie Remains At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £807,023 over the weekend, a 37% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £11,837,078 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £744,302 over the weekend, a 1% increase from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £7,433,263 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £5,367,190 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- The Roses - £2,183,190
- Jaws - £1,104,471
- Weapons - £838,351
- The Bad Guys 2 - £807,023
- Freakier Friday - £744,302
- Caught Stealing - £570,842
- André Rieu's 2025 Maastricht Concert Waltz the Night Away - £566,324
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - £507,767
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps - £505,023
- Lokah - Chapter One: Chandra - £334,430
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