Animated sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie spends a third weekend at the top of the UK box office charts with its gross going over $30 Million while Lee Cronin's The Mummy is the top new movie at 4.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th April 2026

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,676,572 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £30,344,276 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,205,060 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £8,077,705 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £884,729 over its debut weekend

This weekend, Friday 26th January 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.

• The Colour Purple
• National Theatre Live: Dear England
• All of Us Strangers
• The Outrun
• Baghead
• Jackdaw

The Colour Purple

• The movie is directed by Blitz Bazawule, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Blitz Bazawule also directed Black Is King in 2020.
• It stars Fantasia Barrino who also starred in Life Is Not a Fairytale the Fantasia Barrino Story (2006).
• The film also stars Taraji P. Henson who was last seen in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: Dear England

• The movie is directed by Rupert Goold, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Rupert Goold also directed Almeida Live: Richard III 2016 in 2016 which grossed £421.6K in the UK and grossed $577.5K globally.
• It stars Joseph Fiennes who also starred in Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (2016).
• The film also stars Tashinga Bepete who was last seen in The Railway Children Return (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

All of Us Strangers

• The movie is directed by Andrew Haigh, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Andrew Haigh also directed Looking in 2016.
• It stars Andrew Scott who also starred in Steel Country (2019).
• The film also stars Paul Mescal who was last seen in Foe (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Outrun

• The movie is from director Nora Fingscheidt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Saoirse Ronan who also starred in Byzantium (2013).
• The film also stars Saskia Reeves who was last seen in Creation Stories (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Baghead

• The movie is from director Alberto Corredor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Freya Allan who also starred in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).
• The film also stars Jeremy Irvine who was last seen in Benediction (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Jackdaw

• The movie is from director Jamie Childs.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jenna Coleman who also starred in All My Sons: NT Live 2019 (2019).
• The film also stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen who was last seen in Emily (2022).
• 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 8 new movies released

• Wise Guys - Friday, 2nd February
• The Persian Version - Friday, 2nd February
• Orion and the Dark - Friday, 2nd February - streaming
• American Fiction - Friday, 2nd February
• Migration - Friday, 2nd February
• Argylle - Friday, 2nd February
• The Zone of Interest - Friday, 2nd February
• The Tigers Apprentice - Saturday, 3rd February - streaming