Review | Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (2023)

This week on The Official Chart, Argylle shoots in alongside those Mean Girls, leaving Aquaman to resurface at the top!

Welcome to The Official Film Chart.

THE UK TOP TEN

This week sees three new entries and two re-entries arrive on the chart. To make way for these titles, it is the end of the chart road for Dune, The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, Anyone But You, Poor Things, and Napoleon. But where have these newcomers and returnees entered the chart? And what is occupying the top spot for the Easter weekend? Let’s take a trip through the placings to find out.

AQUAMAN RESURFACES AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS!

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom sprints back up to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart. Flying 22 places week-on-week, following its release on disc, it earns a second week at Number 1 in total; it debuted at the top of the Official Film Chart on 14 February. (Read our review here.)

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JASON MOMOA as Aquaman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures/ ™ & © DC Comics

WONKA ISN’T SO SWEET!

Wonka has to settle for second place this week, dropping a place from the top spot. (Read our review here.)

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET as Willy Wonka in Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “WONKA,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

THE MEAN GIRLS SING THEIR WAY INTO THE CHART!

This week’s highest new entry is the new musical version of Mean Girls, straight in at Number 3. Starring Renee Rap and Angourie Rice, it makes its entrance this week on digital downloads only. (Read our review here.)

Avantika, Renee Rapp, Angourie Rice and Bebe Wood on the set of Mean Girls from Paramount Pictures. Photo Credit: Jojo Whilden/Paramount ©2023 Paramount Pictures.

OPPENHEIMER TAKES A TUMBLE!

The big winner at this year’s Academy Awards, Oppenheimer, takes a two-place tumble this week to Number 4.

Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in OPPENHEIMER, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

MIGRATION IS FLYING SOUTH!

The animated family movie, Migration, flies south this week as it drops two places to Number 5.

This holiday season, Illumination invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration.

ARGYLLE SHOOTS HIS WAY INTO THE TOP TEN!

Our second new entry this week is the spy action-comedy, Argylle. Featuring a cast that includes Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Samuel L. Jackson, the movie hits the charts based on PVOD downloads alone. (Read our review here.)

(from left) Aidan (Sam Rockwell) and Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) in Argylle, directed by Matthew Vaughn.

BARBIE IS ON HER WAY DOWN!

Former Number 1 Barbie slips this week as she falls three places to Number 7. (Read our review here.)

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BARBIE © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved

THE EQUALIZER 3 IS RUNNING LOW ON CHART AMMO!

The Equalizer 3 is running low on chart ammo as it drops a place to Number 8.

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Robert McCall (DENZEL WASHINGTON) takes out Marco (ANDREA DODERO) in Columbia Pictures THE EQUALIZER 3. Photo by: Stefano Montesi

THE GHOSTBUSTERS GET SOME NEW (AFTER) LIFE!

At Number 9 is Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which rockets 21 places following the release of its sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in UK cinemas last week. (Read our review here.)

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Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) in the Ecto-1 jumpseat in Columbia Pictures’ GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.

ALL OF US STRANGERS RETURN!

Finally, entering the Top 10 for the first time this week is the fantasy-drama All Of Us Strangers starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, which lifts one place to Number 10.

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All Of Us Strangers

IT IS (ALMOST) TIME FOR CHOCOLATE!

And that is the Easter top ten titles. PVOD this week delivers the drama The Iron Claw starring Zac Efron in the true and tragic story of the Von Erich Brothers. The brothers made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. However, tragedy was never that far away from them all. The film gained brilliant reviews upon release with some critics claiming Zac Efron was robbed of an Oscar nomination.

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Will the film gain a top-ten place next week? Can it power slam its way into the top spot? Time will tell. So, until next week…

Whatever you decide, whatever you buy, stay safe, be kind, look after each other, happy Easter, and happy viewing!!

The Official Film Chart | The UK Top Ten (16th October)

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