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UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th October 2025: Taylor Swift takes her cinema film that accompanied her latest album to the top of the UK box office charts

UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th October 2025:  Taylor Swift takes her cinema film that accompanied her latest album to the top of the UK box office charts
Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
Superstar Taylor Swift releases an extended trailer for her latest album and it becomes the top grossing movie of the weekend as Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl takes £3.4 Million on limited release this weekend.

The movie which includes behind the scenes footage from the making of the album and interviews with the pop star follows in the footsteps of her live concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour from 2023.

After making its debut at the top last week One Battle After Another falls to number 2 this week and has taken just over £6 Million to date.

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UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th October 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 £3,471,544 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of October
Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,974,027 over the weekend, a 20% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £6,033,199 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £867,281 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £15,581,565 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Downton Abbey: A New Era which took £12,256,158 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
The Smashing Machine

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £511,055 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £17,295,398 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It which took £8,382,304 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl - £3,471,544
  2. One Battle After Another - £1,974,027
  3. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - £867,281
  4. The Smashing Machine - £863,078
  5. The Conjuring: Last Rites - £511,055
  6. The Long Walk - £276,169
  7. Him - £275,704
  8. The Bad Guys 2 - £264,826
  9. Avatar: The Way of Water - £254,393
  10. The Roses - £237,920
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