Horror remake
Nosferatu makes its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend with a gross over £5 Million.
The movie directed by Robert Eggers makes quite a remarcable debut for a movie in January and has become the 9th top grossing movie ever in the month.
Mufasa: The Lion King stays put at number 2 this weekend with a gross of £3.7 Million while last weeks top movie Sonic the Hedgehog 3, falls down to number 4.
The movie leapfrogs over Mufasa: The Lion King and the other new entry on the top 5 this weekend We Live In Time at number 3.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 takes £2.6 Million this weekend and now has a UK gross of £18 Million.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th January 2025
Nosferatu
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 £5,246,910 over its debut weekend
- It is the 9th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
- The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £3,269,384 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £20,713,443 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took £50,701,448 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
We Live In Time
- The movie Is a New Entry At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,843,516 over its debut weekend
- The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,672,308 over the weekend, a 77% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £18,756,893 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which took £10,643,082 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
Moana 2
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,756,445 over the weekend, a 21% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £38,206,080 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Moana which took £16,374,011 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Nosferatu - £5,246,910
- Mufasa: The Lion King - £3,269,384
- We Live In Time - £2,843,516
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - £2,672,308
- Moana 2 - £1,756,445
- Wicked - £1,658,167
- Better Man - £925,066
- Paddington In Peru - £674,456
- Gladiator II - £294,773
- Conclave - £286,920
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