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US release: 9th January 2026Star Wars returns to cinemas as Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu claims the top spot from Micheal~2025 this week.
Highest new movie this weekend
A sequel to horror hit movie Smile~2022 from 2022 hits the top of the North American box office this weekend as Smile 2 knocks Terrifier 3 down to number 3
The movie takes $22.6 Million on its debut weekend which is very much in the same ballpark as the original took 2 years ago.
Terrifier 3 which topped t he box office last weekend falls to number 3 this weekend with a $9.3 Million weekend gross, only a 34% drop.
The movie has taken an incredible $36.2 Million to date, in comparison Terrifier 2 has taken $2.4 Million after 2 weekends.
Highest new movie this weekend
Sequel movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods makes its debut on the US box office chart this week and despite good reviews takes a debut gross far lower than expected, and far lower than the original movie.
Also new this weekend is Moving On at number 12 with $821,961 and Inside at number 13 with $510,110.
Highest new movie this weekend
Sequel to the 2019 movie Shazam! this followup sees the start of the end of the current DCEU before new head James Gunn takes over with a new roster of movies.
A disappointing start to the movies box office run despite making its debut at the top, but with good WOM it could see a long run on the chart.
After making its debut at the top last weekend with a series high debut the Scream~1997 series movie falls to number 2 this weekend with $17.3 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.
The movie is still outgrossing the 2002 Scream~2022 by nearly $25 Million.
The Rocky spin off sequel movie falls to number 3 this weekend as its gross goes to $127 Million and looks set to be the highest of the Creed series.
The Adam Driver vehicle drops to number 4 this weekend and looks set to fall out of the chart in the next couple of weeks taking in the region of $30 Million.
The start of the MCU Phase 5 has got off the a bit of a rocky start as the third of the Ant-Man movies falls to number 5 this weekend with a total gross of just over $200 Million, it will end of as one of the lowest grossing MCU movies.
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.
Making its debut at the top was IT Chapter Two starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy and directed by Andy Muschietti
The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 27 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £73.1 Million after 8 weeks of release.
The number one film was Straight Outta Compton which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was No Escape directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Owen Wilson and Lake Bell which entered the box office at number 3.
The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 36 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Inside Out which had taken £36 Million after 7 weeks of release.
Another film making its debut at the top was The Last Exorcism starring Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell and directed by Daniel Stamm
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Avatar which had taken £93.4 Million over 18 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top was The 40 Year Old Virgin starring Steve Carell and Catherine Keener and directed by Judd Apatow
The film with the longest run was Wedding Crashers which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had taken £35 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top was Snatch starring Jason Statham and Stephen Graham and directed by Guy Ritchie
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £30.5 Million over 17 weeks of release.
The number one film was Die Hard With A Vengeance which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was The City Of Lost Children directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Ron Perlman and Daniel Emilfork which entered the box office at number 9.
The film with the longest run was Bad Boys which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £18.1 Million after 8 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top was Memphis Belle starring Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz and directed by Michael Caton-Jones
The film with the longest run was Dick Tracy which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Days Of Thunder which had taken £8 Million after 7 weeks of release.