In a surprise move the Zach Cregger directed movie
Weapons tops the UK box office ahead of the Disney movie
Freakier Friday which lands at number 2.
Weapons opens its box office run with a very decent debut gross of £2.1 Million.
Disneys latest movie Freakier Friday makes its debut at 2 with a gross of £1.7 Million which compared to the original movie from 2003.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps drop off the top spot after 2 weeks and has a total gross of £19 Million, maybe not quite the hit Disney was looking for!
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th August 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 £2,818,535 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
- The Movie Is a New Entry At Number 2 On This Weeks UK Box Office
- It Grosses £1,758,698 Over Its Debut Weekend
- The Movie Is a Sequel to Freaky Friday Which Took £1,214,559 At the Box Office After 1 Weeks In Cinemas.
the Fantastic Four: First Steps
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,379,974 over the weekend, a 55% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £19,034,074 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,103,887 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £4,401,634 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £812,771 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £7,382,165 over 3 weeks of release
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Weapons - £2,818,535
- Freakier Friday - £1,758,698
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps - £1,379,974
- The Naked Gun - £1,103,887
- The Bad Guys 2 - £812,771
- Jurassic World: Rebirth - £663,735
- Superman - £650,520
- Stans - £352,326
- F1 - £281,670
- Saiyaara - £244,273
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