The UK Box Office Top 10 has landed! Who’s ruling the box office, who’s climbing the charts, and who’s been knocked off the throne? Ready to see who made the cut? Let’s roll the credits!
Welcome to the Official UK Box Office Top 10, your front-row ticket to the biggest movies lighting up UK cinemas! From spine-chilling horror and magical family adventures to the hottest new releases, we’re counting down the films pulling in the crowds, battling for box office supremacy, and keeping audiences glued to the big screen.
And what a weekend it’s been! Five new films stormed into the chart, with four crashing straight into the top four! Leading the charge is Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, which has been scaring up some serious business at the box office. But who claimed the crown, who climbed the charts, and which films took a tumble?
There’s plenty to unpack, so grab your popcorn and settle in as we break down this week’s Official UK Box Office Top 10!
(1) Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House
A comedy film from former cast members of the British series Horrible Histories, Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House continues the series Ghosts. The film follows the ghostly residents of Button House as they adjust to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends. It managed to pull in £2,458,995 in its opening weekend, a sign that its séance to pull people in was a success.
(2) Clayface
DC’s Clayface opened to number two, with a total of £2,011,765. For a horror film starring a B-list Batman villain, that isn’t bad. DC’s last film, Supergirl, opened to £2,725,612, which is only a little higher, so only slightly fewer people showed up for the more niche Clayface. Clayface’s budget is orders of magnitude less than Supergirl, and so with only a slight drop in opening, DC will be OK with this.
(3) Ali G: Who Iz I?
Ali G: Who Iz I?, the controversial movie tstarringSacha Baron Cohen, opened to £1,344,873, a nice sum for Amazon MGM Studios. The film was only in cinemas for less than a week before it has moved to Prime Video, so any amount of money it earned in cinemas was a good amount.
(4) Wildwood
Wildwood opened in cinemas to the number four spot, with a total of £1,022,599. Unfortunately, this isn’t the start LAIKA Studios and Black Bear were hoping for, so the movie will need long legs at the box office to stick around.
(5) Street Fighter
In its second weekend, Street Fighter brought in £1,009,599, down 56%. This is an OK drop for the movie, about in line with big-budget action films, but because of its underwhelming opening, Paramount no doubt would have wanted a lower drop. Watch our exclusive interview with the cast here.
(6) Forgotten Island
Forgotten Island stuck in audiences’ minds in its second weekend, with a total of £938,056. This is only a 28% drop from its opening, which is very good and suggests it could stick around at the box office a bit longer.
(7) Verity
Verity brought in £642,436 in its fourth weekend of release, down 42%. The thriller is staying relevant at the box office, with a total of £10,822,989.
(8) Other Mommy
Other Mommy brought in £432,371 in its third weekend of release, down 54%. This isn’t a bad drop, though the film is falling down the top ten faster than distributor Universal would likely like; Ali G dropping out may help it to stay in. Next weekend will bring at least two new films into the top ten, putting Other Mommy at risk if a fourth new film enters the top ten.
(9) Fatherland
Fatherland opened to £311,086 in the number nine spot. The film follows Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) as they embark on a post-World War II road trip across a divided Germany in the summer of 1949. Our team caught the film at the BFI London Film Festival, and we had a blast with this gritty post-war tale.
In his reaction, our editor Phil Roberts said, “Pawel Pawlikowski’s FATHERLAND is a beautiful and haunting exploration of post-war Germany. Built around the quiet brilliance of Sandra Hüller, the film is an apt reminder of the scars of war. Intimate, solemn, and engrossing, the film is a muted joy!”
(10) Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
Rounding out the top is Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom with £305,893. It’s a 16% increase on the previous weekend, meaning the film spends a sixth, and likely final, weekend in the UK top ten.
Next weekend brings Primetime and Wicker to cinemas.
How many of these big-screen adventures are on your watchlist this weekend? Share your plans in the comments below!
Data from Rentrak via the British Film Institute.
