The summer cinema season came to a bit of a grinding halt this weekend with no big new releases to draw cinema goers.
After a couple of new big film last weekend underperforming this weekend the John Krasinski directed movie IF goes back to the top of the box office with a weekend gross of £1.5 Million, a tiny 4% drop over last week.
This pushes last weeks top movie The Garfield Movie dropping down to number 2 with £1,3 Million, which means that there are to family oriented movies at the top.
Furiosa drops to number 4 this weekend and making its debut at 2 last week with under a million pound and a 51% drop.
THe highest new entry is at number 6 with the 20th anniversary re-release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, while the top new movie is Haikyu The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump at 7 with £270,095.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 31st - 2nd June 2024
IF~2024
- The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £1,570,568 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £9,607,001 over 3 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of May
- The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2024
The Garfield Movie
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,349,975 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £6,282,724 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2024
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,058,441 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £13,282,022 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to War For the Planet of the Apes which took £18,348,929 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
Furiosa
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £963,976 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £4,526,161 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Mad Max: Fury Road which took £9,690,578 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
The Fall Guy
- The movie Remains At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £524,320 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £11,102,408 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2024
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- IF - £1,570,568
- The Garfield Movie - £1,349,975
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - £1,058,441
- Furiosa - £963,976
- The Fall Guy - £524,320
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - £394,066
- Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump - £270,095
- Sting - £231,113
- Message In a Bottle Roh - £218,832
- The Strangers: Chapter 1 - £161,518
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