Hitting the top of the box office with ease this weekend is
Paddington In Peru as it powers ahead of the crowd with a £9.6 Million debut weekend.
With the current state of the box office in general and movies available on streaming within months of theatrical releases is nice to see a third movie in a series out preform its predecessor.
Paddington 2 made its debut in 2017 and took just over £8 Million, Paddington from 2014 took just over £5 Million so this is a series high.
Coming in at number 2 this weekend is the Christmas movie Red One from Amazon Studios, once scheduled for a streaming only release the movie lands in the UK with nearly £2.5 Million and hits number 2.
Last weeks top movie, The Wild Robot falls to number 5 this weekend and has a total gross of £12.7 Million after 4 weeks.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th November 2024
Paddington In Peru
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 £9,649,984 over its debut weekend
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of November
- The movie is a sequel to Paddington 2 which took £8,260,160 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
Red One
Heretic
- The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,007,783 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £3,835,833 over 2 weeks of release
Venom: The Last Dance
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £965,297 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £10,966,917 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is a sequel to Venom: Let There Be Carnage which took £14,785,420 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
The Wild Robot
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £665,209 over the weekend, a 69% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £12,735,553 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2024
It has a total gross of $60,540,024 after 4 weekends of releaseThe movie is a sequel to Smile which took $84,432,083 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Paddington In Peru - £9,649,984
- Red One - £2,403,829
- Heretic - £1,007,783
- Venom: The Last Dance - £965,297
- The Wild Robot - £665,209
- Small Things Like These - £660,028
- Smile 2 - £310,741
- Blitz - £245,688
- Anora - £240,719
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 - £186,978
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