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Top new movie of the weekend is Last Night In Soho which enters at number 8 this week with £731,950, although the highest debut of the week is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which is re-released to celebrate 20 years since its release, it makes its debut at 6 with £965,007.
Also new this weekend are Antlers at number 11 with £251,100 and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission at number 12 with &pond;218,956 while Cliff Richard - The Great 80 Tour which hit cinemas on Wednesday was at number 13 for the weekend with £157,345.
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United Kingdom box office top 5 box office breakdown weekend 29th - 31st October 2021
Far and away the biggest hit of 2021 (so far) goes back to the top of the UK box office in a very tight battle with Dune with the Bond movie winning the race by just £202,149.
Daniel Craigs final Bond outing takes £3.5 Million over the weekend, a very slim 25% drop over last weekend when it fell to number 2.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £85.9 Million over its 5 weeks of release, this also makes it the top movie of 2021 and the 5th top movie ever in the UK.
Unlike Tenet last year, which was released too early, the Bond movie, which has a bigger appeal anyway, has got people to go back to cinemas, and for the 5th weekend running the box office top 15 has grossed over £15 Million, something which hasn't happened since the end of 2019 start of 2020 when Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released.
Also the movie has broken the record to most consecutive days grossing over £1 Million, it currently stands at 33 days.
Director Denis Villeneuve's take on the classic sci-fi movie falls to number 2 this weekend with £3.3 Million, this gives it a very good 44% drop on its second weekend of release.
This gives the movie a total gross of £13.2 Million and it pushes it into the top 10 movies of 2021 at number 9.
Staying put at number 3 this weekend is the Spiderverse villain movie which takes £1,5 Million on its 3rd weekend, a good 39% drop over last week, giving the movie a total UK gross of £14.7 Million and the 7th top movie of 2021.
The animated sequel goes back up to number 4 this weekend with a take of £1.4 Million, and increase of 40% over last weekend, largely due to the school autumn half term.
This gives the movie a total gross of £8.9 Million over 4 weeks of release.
Also benefitting from the school half term in another animated sequel which takes £1.3 Million over the weekend as the movie falls to number 5, this is an 11% increase from last weekend, this movie has taken £4.9 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Holding a strong lead over the US box office this weekend Dune stays at the top for a second weekend while My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission is the top new movie at number 4.
Also new this week is Antlers at number 6 with $4.2 Million and Last Night in Soho at number 7 with a debut gross of $4.1 Million.
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North American top 5 breakdown box office weekend 29th - 31st October 2021
Easily taking a second weekend at the top of the US box office Denis Villeneuve's vision of the classic sci-fi noval takes $15.5 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.
The movie, which has just has a sequel green lit, has now taken $69.4 Million at the US box office on its way to $100 Million which it should have by next weekend.
It was the Halloween weekend and the namesake movie hanks onto the box office number 2 slot for a second week with a gross of $8.5 Million, a very good 41% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $85.6 Million over its 3 weeks of release which is looking good for the third part of the new trilogy, Halloween Ends, which is set for release in 2022.
The latest Bond movie hald firm at number 3 with a $7.8 Million weekend gross, a very slim 34% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken $133.3 Million in the US over 4 weeks of release and is the 6th top movie of 2021.
Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 4 this week with the Japanese superhero manga comic book adaptation.
The animated movie takes a very good $6.4 Million over the weekend.
Sony's Spiderverse villain movie falls to number 5 this weekend with a gross of $5.7 Million, a slim 37% drop over last week, giving the movie a 5 weekend total of $190.4 Million and the 2nd top movie of 2021 having overtaken Black Widow.
The 25th Bond movie No Time To Die goes back to the top of the global box office with its release in China where it took just less than a $30 Million debut.
Highest new movie of the weekend is Antlers which makes it debut at number 9 with $6.6 Million from 32 countries.
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GLobal box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st October 2021
After topping the global box office a few weeks back the 25th Bond movie gets its release in China where it takes $28 Million on its debut and pushes the movie back to the top.
Across the globe the movie takes $59.7 Million this weekend from 73 countries which is an incredible 25% increase over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an excellent $605.7 Million globally over its 5 weeks of release and is the 5th top movie of 2021.
The sci-fi movie from director Denis Villeneuve fallt to number 2 this weekend after spending a week at the top, the movie takes $36.9 Million on its 7th weekend of release from 76 countries, a 58% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total global gross of $292.1 Million and is the 10th top grossing movie of 2021.
The Spider-Man super villain movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $27.1 Million from 54 countries, a 43% drop.
The movie has now taken $395.8 Million globally over 5 weeks of release and is the 7th top movie of 2021.
The smash hit Chinese movie is at number 4 this weekend and takes $19 Million, a 40% drop over last weekend.
What this movie has achieved is quite incredible, it has been on the global box office for just 5 weeks and has taken $844.9 Million, it is the top movie globally of 2021 and yet it has only had a release in China.
To be fair the Chinese cinema has been open all year, unlike many other high grossing cinema territories like North America, United Kingdom, Australia, and I'm sure has these countries been open all year the likes of Fast and Furious 9, Black Widow and No Time To Die would have made over a Billion dollars, but you still can't take away this movies achievement.
The long running Halloween series had its celebrated day this Sunday and the latest movie holds tight at number 5 this weekend with $16.6 Million from 64 countries, a fairly slim 32% drop over last weekend, the movie has taken $115 Million over its 3 weeks of release.
Doctor Sleep is given a 15 age rating by the BBFC in the UK.
The long awaited sequel to the Shining, Doctor Sleep is again based on a novel by Stephen King.
Directed by Mike Flanagan who also directed Ouija: Origin of Evil in 2016 he has a lot to live up to as the The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick and is considered a classic of its time.
Stephen King himself has given his praise of the film, something he never did for The Shining, so things are off to a good start.
Starring Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson the film has been given a 15 certificate for strong bloody violence, gore, horror, threat, language and it has a runtime of 151 minutes (2 hours and 31 minutes-, the film was passed uncut.
The movie is released on 31st October 2019.
Released on 31st October 2018 the film stars Simon Pegg and Michael Sheen and is a horror comedy set around a typical British boarding school.
The film is directed by Crispian Mills, he also wrote the screenplay, previous credits include A Fantastic Fear of Everything also starring Simon Pegg.
The film has been given a 15 certificate by the BBFC for very strong language, strong violence, sex references, suicide references and it has a runtime of 104 minutes.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ (15) very strong language, strong violence, sex references, suicide references https://t.co/zkanjftLOO
— BBFC (@BBFC) October 22, 2018