Review | Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (2023)

This week on The Official Chart, four titles decide to return to the placings, leaving Aquaman to keep swimming at the top!

Welcome to The Official Film Chart.

THE UK TOP TEN TITLES

This week, we see four titles decide to rejoin the top ten placings. These returnees have displaced Wish, Anyone But You, Mean Girls, and Poor Things from the chart. But what is the official UK number-one title for this week? Grab your bathing costumes as we take our weekly look.

AQUAMAN IS STILL SWIMMING AT THE TOP OF THE CHART!

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom marks its fourth non-consecutive week atop the Official Film Chart. Holding off all comers for yet another week, Aquaman continues to swim well ahead of its closest competition. (Read our review here.)

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 IS STILL SWEET IN SECOND!

Wonka continues its sweet run in the top ten as it holds onto second place for another week. (Read our review here.)

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

HOP JUMPS A PLACE!

Also denied its chance at Number 1 this week is animated easter favourite Hop at Number 3 which bounces up one to a new peak.

HOP
Russell Brand Voices The Easter Bunny In Hop, A Universal Pictures Release

ONE LIFE LOSES A LIFE!

Biographic drama One Life drops to Number 4.

One Life
One Life

IT IS STILL A BARBIE WORLD!

Barbie continues its impressive Top 10 stint as it lifts two to Number 5. (Read our review here.)

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

THE EQUALIZER IS STILL SHOOTING!

The Equalizer 3 finishes the week at Number 6.

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

GET OUT OF THE WATER! MEG 2 HAS RESURFACED!

Meg 2: The Trench swims into another week in the chart, up 9 places to Number 7. (Read our review here.)

Meg 2: The Trench, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures

MIGRATION FLIES BACK INTO THE CHART!

Also returning to the chart this week is the animated adventure Migration at Number 8.

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.

OPPENHEIMER FIZZLING OUT!

A former Number 1, Oppenheimer drops three places to Number 9.

OPPENHEIMER, written and directed by Christopher Nolan

THE ORIGINAL KUNG FU PANDA KICKS ITS WAY INTO THE CHART!

Finally, rounding out this week’s Top 10 is none other than the 2008 Dreamworks film Kung Fu Panda, starring Jack Black. Thanks to the release of its most recent sequel, Kung Fu Panda 4, in cinemas, it continues to fly up the chart having leapt 7 places week-on-week.

Kung Fu Panda, Courtesy Of Dreamworks Animation

DO YOU WANT TO READ SOME WICKED LITTLE LETTERS?

And that is all there is for the top ten placings this week. However, if you’re in the mood for a foul-mouthed, often hilarious but also touching British movie, we suggest Wicked Little Letters. The film, starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, is now available to rent or buy on PVOD. When deeply conservative English local Edith Swan and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her rowdy, foul-mouthed, Irish migrant neighbour Rose Gooding is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women—led by Police Officer Gladys Moss—begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all. (Read our review here.)

Can the film deliver the goods and arrive on time for next week’s top ten chart? Time will tell, as always. With that in mind, and until next week…

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

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

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