Starring the ever popular Zendaya as a tennis coach in a relationship with 2 male tennis stars the movie Challengers is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong language, sex, sex references.

Its features Zendaya is one of the hottest stars around at the moment and has also appeared in Lemonade and Spider-Man: Homecoming as well as many other movies, it also stars Mike Faist who has been seen in West Side Story and Wildling.

The movie is directed by Luca Guadagnino who has previously brought us Call Me By Your Name. and The Protagonists.

Movie Synopsis

Complex relationships between three tennis professionals come to the boil during a competitive match between two old friends.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Challengers
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong language, sex, sex references
• Release date: 26th April 2024
• Runtime: 131 minutes (2 hours 11 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Luca Guadagnino
• Starring:
  • Zendaya
  • Mike Faist
  • Josh O'Connor

BBFC movie page

It was a battle for the top this weekend with the releases of Kung-Fu Panda 4 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire both released for the Easter weekend, but the animated take and Kung-Fu panda sequel won the box office with less than a million pound between the two.

Kung-Fu Panda 4 took just over £5 Million on its debut which is better than the previous movies £4.7 Million but not close to the original movies over £6 Million debut.

Godzilla and King Kong movies have always done well in the UK and the release of the latest blockbuster to star both monsters makes its debut at 2 this weekend.

The movie takes just over £4 Million on its debut which in comparison to the last released movie, Godzilla Minus One is far batter.

Last weeks number 1 movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire falls by 47% this weekend and has taken a total of £8.2 Million over 2 weeks, actually better than Ghostbusters: Afterlife!

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st March 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £4,139,394 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,133,302 over the weekend, a 47% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £8,272,714 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife which took £7,513,854 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £556,514 over its debut weekend

An easy win at the North American box office for the Matthew Vaughn movie Argylle which makes its debut at the top with nearly $17.5 Million.

Coming in at number 2 is the first three episodes of the fourth season of the hit TV show The Chosen, The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 1-3 comes in with over $7 Million.

Last weeks top movie Mean Girls~2024 falls to number 6 this weekend but the movie has made an excellent $66.2 Million in its 4 weeks of release.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th February 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $17,473,540 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $7,375,331 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,282,175 over the weekend, a 21% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $49,424,551 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,678,475 over the weekend, a 17% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $201,034,847 after 8 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,192,455 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $106,261,740 after 7 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

Initial estimates for this weekends North American box office has The Beekeeper as the top movie in the country, but once all the figures were in Mean Girls~2024 just edge the Jason Statham movie out.

Mean Girls~2024 took $6.9 Million on its third weekend while The Beekeeper took $6.6 Million also on its third weekend.

The big new releases are really starting to dry up at the US box office, and with a some major sporting events on over the weekend in America the top new entry was the Indian movie Fighter which came in at number 16!

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th January 2024

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $6,902,347 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $60,407,842 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,679,878 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $41,546,787 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,662,213 over the weekend, a 16% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $194,925,218 after 7 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,897,555 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $101,001,215 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,625,093 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $71,020,631 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024

Makings its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel to The Hunger Games series of movies.

The third in The Trolls series of movies gets its North American release this weekend and lands on the chart at number 2, called Trolls Band Together the movie takes $31 Million this weekend.

Also new on this weekends top 5 is the Eli Roth directed Thanksgiving which is new at number 3.

Last weeks top movie, The Marvels, falls hard this weekend to number 4 with a massive 78% drop, the largest of any Marvel/Disney movie as its total gross goes to just $65 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th November 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $44,607,143 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took $102,665,981 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $31,172,525 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Trolls World Tour which took $60,000 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $10,306,272 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $10,120,589 over the weekend, a 78% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $64,945,395 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Captain Marvel which took $264,884,063 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,558,555 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $132,670,275 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023