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UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th January 2025: Nosferatu tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release

UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th January 2025:  Nosferatu tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release
Nosferatu
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 box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Nosferatu (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Nosferatu (@1)
  • Longest run - Paddington In Peru (9 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Wicked (£57,339,706)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Paddington In Peru (-18%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £19,899,937
  • Also new this weekend
    • Nickel Boys
    • Identity Card
    • Diabel
    • Jellyfish
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th January 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 £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
Nosferatu
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

  • 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

  1. Nosferatu - £5,246,910
  2. Mufasa: The Lion King - £3,269,384
  3. We Live In Time - £2,843,516
  4. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - £2,672,308
  5. Moana 2 - £1,756,445
  6. Wicked - £1,658,167
  7. Better Man - £925,066
  8. Paddington In Peru - £674,456
  9. Gladiator II - £294,773
  10. Conclave - £286,920
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