UK Box Office Weekend Report 4th - 6th October 2024: Joker 2 takes the top spot on its debut weekend with over £5.5 Million weekend gross
Despite the less than favorable reviews the sequel movie
Joker: Folie a Deux has received, the follow up to a massive smash hiw is always going to be big in its first few weeks, and the
Joker follow up is no different.
The movie takes a decent £5.6 Million over its debut weekend to replace Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the top, but the Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga starring movies stay at the top might be short lived!
After 4 weeks at the top b>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice falls to number 2 this weekend with a £1.1 Million weekend gross.
The movie now on its 5th weekend of release has taken an excellent £22.7 Million at the UK box office.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th October 2024
Joker: Folie a Deux
- The movie is a new entry at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £5,674,029 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of October
- The movie is a sequel to Joker which took £0 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,132,437 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £22,780,871 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Beetlejuice which took £2,087,215 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
Speak No Evil
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £408,214 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £4,760,866 over 4 weeks of release
The Substance~2024
- The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £358,277 over the weekend, a 15% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £2,170,877 over 3 weeks of release
The Outrun
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £319,960 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £1,112,045 over 2 weeks of release
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Joker: Folie à Deux - £5,674,029
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - £1,132,437
- Speak No Evil - £408,214
- The Substance - £358,277
- The Outrun - £319,960
- Despicable Me 4 - £295,462
- Lee - £237,762
- Megalopolis - £179,916
- 200% Wolf - £124,588
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - £123,234
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