UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th May 2024: The Fall Guy makes its debut at the top of the UK box office as the summer season kicks off
As the box office summer season kicks off the Ryan Reynolds and Emily Blunt double header
The Fall Guys makes its debut at the top of the UK box office.
The movies debuts with a box office gross of £3.5 Million.
Marking not only the 4th of May Star Wars celebration but also the movies 25th Anniversary Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace lands at 2 on this weeks box office.
The movie takes an incredible £1,1 Million, not bad for a 25 year old movie.
Last weeks top movie Challengers drop to number 3 this week after a week at the top, the movie has grossed £3.6 Million to date.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th May 2024
The Fall Guy
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 £3,598,996 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of May
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Challengers
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £986,885 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £3,627,927 over 2 weeks of release
Back to Black
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £770,973 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £10,507,088 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2024
Kung-Fu Panda 4
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £562,704 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £20,461,636 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 which took £13,317,340 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- The Fall Guy - £3,598,996
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - £1,159,370
- Challengers - £986,885
- Back to Black - £770,973
- Kung-Fu Panda 4 - £562,704
- Tarot - £509,181
- Carmen: ROH London 2024 - £455,635
- Macbeth - £399,419
- Civil War - £310,730
- Love Lies Bleeding - £309,613
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