The new movie, Challengers, from director Luca Guadagnino starring superstar Zendaya tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release.

Challengers makes its debut with a gross of £1.4 Million which is the 11th top grossing movie in an April window.

The movie knocks off 2 week number 1 movie Back to Black which falls to number 2 this weekend and has grossed £9 Million to date.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th April 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,400,000 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £9,000,000 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £904,199 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Kung-Fu Panda 3 which took £12,835,111 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £755,426 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,200,000 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2024

It was a two way fight for the top of the UK box office this weekend with the Amy Winehouse bio-pic winning with a debut gross of £2.7 Million.

The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and is her top grossing debut movie in the UK outside of Fifty Shades of Grey which took £13.5 Million on its debut.

Coming in at number 2 is the new movie from Alex Garland, Civil War come in with a debut gross of £1.8 Million.

Last weeks top movie, Kung-Fu Panda 4 slides to number 3 this weekend after 2 weeks at the top and has taken a great £17.2 Million in total.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th April 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,823,179 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,754,440 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £17,291,699 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Kung-Fu Panda 3 which took £8,961,602 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £787,096 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £14,066,300 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife which took £10,130,382 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace gets rated by the BBFC once again ahead of its 25th anniversary release and its been given a PG age rating for moderate violence, mild threat

The movie which was first released in 1999 stars Liam Neeson who has since been seen in many movies including Taken and Men In Black: International, it also stars Ewan McGregor who has been seen in Son of a Gun and other Star Wars movies including Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

The movie was directed by George Lucas who has directed the likes of American Graffiti and THX 1138.

Movie Synopsis

A pair of Jedi warriors escape a planet amid failed trade negotiations and encounter a highly gifted enslaved boy in this 1999 sci-fi adventure prequel.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, mild threat
• Release date: 3rd May 2024
• Runtime: 136 minutes (2 hours 16 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • George Lucas
• Starring:
  • Liam Neeson
  • Ewan McGregor
  • Natalie Portman

BBFC movie page

This weekend, Friday 2nd February 2024, there are 6 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mean Girls, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Argylle
• Orion and the Dark
• Migration
• The Tigers Apprentice
• American Fiction
• The Zone of Interest

Argylle

• The movie is directed by Matthew Vaughn, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Matthew Vaughn also directed The King's Man in 2021 which grossed £8.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Henry Cavill who also starred in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
• The film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• Matthew Vaughn directed Henry Cavill in Stardust
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Orion and the Dark

• The movie is from director Sean Charmatz.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Paul Walter Hauser who also starred in BlackKKlansman (2018).
• The film also stars Jacob Tremblay who was last seen in The Little Mermaid (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Migration

• The movie is directed by Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsy, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsy also directed Ernest and Celestine in 2012.
• It stars Kumail Nanjiani who also starred in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015).
• The film also stars Tresi Gazal who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Tigers Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Raman Hui and Yong Duk Jhun, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Raman Hui and Yong Duk Jhun also directed Shrek the Third in 2007 which grossed £38.1 Mil. in the UK and grossed $799 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michelle Yeoh who also starred in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).
• The film also stars Henry Golding who was last seen in Assassin Club (2023).
• Michelle Yeoh and Henry Golding have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Crazy Rich Asians in 2018 and Last Christmas in 2019.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

American Fiction

• The movie is from director Cord Jefferson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Wright who also starred in Asteroid City (2023).
• The film also stars Tracee Ellis Ross who was last seen in Candy Cane Lane (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Zone of Interest

• The movie is directed by Jonathan Glazer, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Jonathan Glazer also directed Birth in 2004 which grossed £953.7K in the UK.
• It stars Sandra Huller who also starred in Anatomy of a Fall (2023).
• The film also stars Christian Friedel who was last seen in Gl�ck ist was f�r Weicheier (2019).
• They also appeared together in Amour Fou in 2015.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• Last Flamingo of the Red Summer Sunset - Friday, 9th February
• Occupied City - Friday, 9th February
• Origin - Friday, 9th February
• The Iron Claw - Friday, 9th February
• Table For Six 2 - Friday, 9th February
• Peppa's Cinema Party - Friday, 9th February

The musical remake of Mean Girls stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend with a gross of £1.5 Million which pushes its total to £5.5 Million.

The high school comedy has after 2 weeks taken about the same as the original 2004 movie took over its 6 week box office run.

Highest new movie of the weekend is All of Us Strangers which wasn't too far behind Mean Girls~2024 and takes £1.1 Million.

Wonka moves down to number 3 this weekend and is the top grossing movie so far in 2024 and has a total gross of nearly £60 Million.

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

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,176,972 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,047,752 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £59,768,006 over 8 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £729,299 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2024