The new movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
Thunderbolts*, tops the UK box office on its debut weekend with a debut gross just shy of £6 Million.
This debut gross is not a bad opening for an MCU movie in the UK and it beats Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and gets close to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
LAst weeks top movie A Minecraft Movie falls to number 3 this weekend after a solid 4 weeks at the top having taken over £53 Million at the UK box office.
Sinners spends a third weekend at number 3 this weekend and has taken over £10 Million so far on its UK box office run.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th May 2025
- The movie is a new entry at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £5,979,242 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of May
- The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,870,959 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £10,618,274 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,267,360 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £53,303,536 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie Remains At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £466,800 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £1,740,041 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to The Accountant which took £3,622,284 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £331,788 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £1,154,894 over 2 weeks of release
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Thunderbolts* - £5,979,242
- Sinners - £1,870,959
- A Minecraft Movie - £1,267,360
- The Accountant 2 - £466,800
- Until Dawn - £331,788
- The Penguin Lessons - £206,948
- Bluey At the Cinema: Lets Play Chef Collection - £179,176
- Retro - £163,367
- HIT: The 3rd Case - £150,660
- Warfare - £142,708
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