As the box office is in a holding patern before the release of this weeks potential mega hit Matilda the Musical remains at the top for a third weekend in a row.
The highest new entry this weeke dis at 7 with The Nutcracker: ROH London 2022 taking £133,397, also along with The Polar Express making a seasonal re-entry and Top Gun: Maverick getting back in to the chart there is a new entry for The Hours: Met Opera 2022 at number 15 with £54,274.
Remaining at the for a third straight weekend is the musical version of the Roal Dahl book Matilda which takes £2.1 over the weekend, a tiny 17% drop.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £10.7 after 3 weeks of release.
In comparison to the 1996 movie this is way below, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £6.2 Million on its 3rd weekend for a total of £34 Million.
Remaining at number 2 this weeks is the sequel movie from marvel which takes £803,799 on its 5th weekend, a 47% drop.
This gives the Black Panther sequel a total gross of £30.8 to date and it is now the 8th top grossing movie of 2022.
Compared to the first film this movie is far lower, Black Panther took £1.8 Million on its 5th weekend for a total of £42 Million.
Second weekend on the box office for the Home Alone meets Santa Claus movie which this weekend takes £567,350, a 31% drop.
The movies remains at 3 this weekend with total gross now at £1.9 Million on the UK box office.
Disney's latest animated tale stays at number 4 this weekend with £305,802, a 31% drop from last weekend.
This pushes the total gross of £1,7 Million, very low for a Disney film, comparing it to Encanto its less than half thats movie total at this point which was £4,2 Million.
Remaining at 5 this weekend is the fine dining tale of woe which takes £192,827 on its 4th weeeknd, a 42% drop.
The movies total gross is not up to £3 Million.
Matilda: The Musical is the top movie of the weekend, making its debut at the top and knocking Black Panther: Wakanda Forever down to number 2.
Also new this weekend is the Disney animated feature Strange World which enters at number 3 and She Said which is new at number 4.
Outside the top 5 Bones and All is new at number 6 with £318,246 while the live stage broadcast of Tim Minchin: Back is new at 8 with £155,353 including previews, also a live stage broadcast A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story is new at 11 with £113,203 and finally Table For Six is new at 14 with £69,732.
Highest new movie this weekend
Starring Alisha Weir as Matilda and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull this is an adaptation of the stage music with music by Tim Minchin.
The movie lands at the top of the UK box office this weekend with a debut gross of £4.1 Million.
In a crazy comparison, the original Matilda which came out in 1996 would have taken £19 Million on its debut, adjusted for inflation, for a total of nearly £50 Million!
After a couple of weeks at the top of the UK box office the latest Marvel sequel movie falls to number 2 with a weekend gross of £2.6 Million, a large 56% drop over last weekend.
The movie is tracking below Black Panther which by its third weekend of release had taken over £35 Million, which means it will end up lower than the first movies £50 Million total.
The sequel has taken £27 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The new Disney animated feature has proved to be a bit of a non event as it lands at number 3 this weekend with a debut gross of £833,043.
This is way below the usual Disney standard and in comparison, Encanto, which came out when cinema attendance was still low due to the pandemic, made its debut with £1.7 Million at the same time of year in 2021.
This movie is going on to Disney+ and skipping cinemas in many countries, and will most likely be on the streaming platform before too long in the UK.
Starring Carey Mulligan, this movie about the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse case lands at number 4 on this weeks UK box office.
The movie takes £444,806 on its debut weekend of release.
Falling to number 5 on its second weekend the Ralph Finnes starring movie takes £429,522 on its second weekend, a drop of 54%.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of just over £1 Million after 2 weeks at the box office.
Based on the stage show musical of the same name, Matilda The Musical is given a PG rating in the UK for mild threat, comic violence
The movie stars Andrea Riseborough as Mrs. Wormwood who was previously seen in Amsterdam~2022 and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, it also stars veteran British actor Emma Thompson who is known for the likes of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Nanny McPhee
The movie is directed by Matthew Warchus who is known for directing Pride in 2014 as well as many event movie stage productions.
Movie Synopsis
Matilda, an extraordinary girl armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand against her oppressive parents and head teacher to change her story with miraculous results.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
A little late reporting on this weeks charts with the figures arriving the following weekend due to the Christmas break.
UK audiences were in the mood for the Galaxy Far Far Away over the Christmas week with Rogue One staying at the top, maybe a fitting tribute as we said goodbye to Princess Leah.
With the new coming in over the festive period that actress Carrie Fisher sadly passed away what better tribute to pay than keeping Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at number one with £5.6 million on its second weekend.
This brings the films total gross to £33.9 million, an excellent gross in normal circumstances but this is a star wars film and the film is falling far short of last years Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
Highest new entry of the week is Passengers which after bad reviews still manages to land at number 2 with £2.4 million.
Both stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are involved with high grossing franchises so this is by no means a big opening for them and with the no so good reviews the film could sink quite quick.
Longest running film on the chart this week is Trolls which has been around for 10 weeks not and highest total grossing movie is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which has now grossed £47,469,530 after 6 weeks.
Historical charts
A year ago - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was still the top film on its second weekend while top new film was Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie which entered at 2.
Five years ago - Arthur Christmas went back to the top over the festive weekend while the top new film was Don 2 which entered at number 6.
Ten years ago - Happy Feet stayed at the top for a third week while and with a static top 10 the top new film was Bhagam Bhag at number 11.
Fifteen years ago - Kicking off one of the greatest series of all time The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring entered the box office at the top knocking off Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone after 5 weeks at the top.
Twenty years ago - 101 Dalmatians stayed at the top for a second weekend while Matilda was the top new film of the week at number 3.
Twenty five years ago - The Addams Family was the top film of the week for a second weekend while Suburban Commando was the top new film which entered at 3.