In a very tight race for the top of the UK box office Paul Feig's movie
The Housemaid takes over at the top of the Uk box office.
The movie is on its third weekend of release and climbs to the top with a gross of £3.2 Million, a drop of 9% from last weekend, the movie has taken nearly £18 Million in total.
Highest new entry this weekend is Hamnet which nearly entered at the top but fell shy by under £200,000.
The movie takes just over £3.2 Million on its debut at number 2.
James Camerons Avatar Fire and Ash falls from the top on its fourth weekend of release and has taken just shy of £36 Million.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th January 2026
- The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £3,523,229 over the weekend, a 9% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £17,881,581 over 3 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The Movie Is the Highest Debut On This Weeks UK Box Office Chart.
- It Grosses £3,248,939 Over Its Debut Weekend
- The Movie Is the 6th Top Grossing Film So Far In 2026
Avatar: Fire and Ash
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,600,206 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £35,814,417 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took £57,286,005 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £2,042,557 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £9,435,171 over 3 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,227,735 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £29,349,084 over 7 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
- The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £22,922,579 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- The Housemaid - £3,523,229
- Hamnet - £3,248,939
- Avatar: Fire and Ash - £2,600,206
- Marty Supreme - £2,042,557
- Zootopia 2 - £1,227,735
- The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants - £617,624
- Anaconda - £525,611
- Song Sung Blue - £435,690
- Giant - £370,664
- Labyrinth - £320,994
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