In a very quiet marketplace the collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone Bugonia tops the UK box office with just £986,251.

This is the first time a movie has topped the UK box office with less than £1 Million since 25th August 2022 when Andre Rieus 2022 Maastricht Concert Happy Days are Here Again topped with just £798,706.

Last weeks top movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere falls to number 4 this week with a second weekend gross of £608,886 and has taken £2.8 Million.

Worthy of note is that the second highest new entry is the 40th Anniversary re-release of Back to the Future.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 31st - 2nd November 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £907,655 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,854,462 over 2 weeks of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £867,368 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £598,183 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,246,517 over 3 weeks of release

The Roses, a make of The War of the Roses, starring Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch makes its debut a the top of the Uk box office this weekend with a £2.1 Million gross.

The current period of late summer into autumn is proving a very quiet period for the box office, last weekend was the lowest total gross for the top 15 in many a month and this weekend is only slightly higer.

Coming in at number 2 is the 50th Anniversary re-release of Steven Spielbergs classic blockbuster Jaws which takes £1.1 Million over the weekend.

Weapons~2026 falls to number 3 this weekend but is still pulling in the audiences with a slender 27% drop and has taken over £10 Million after 4 weeks.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st August 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,104,471 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £838,351 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £10,387,914 over 4 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £744,302 over the weekend, a 1% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,433,263 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £5,367,190 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 29th August 2025, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace KPop Demon Hunters from the top of the North American box office.

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Caught Stealing
• The Thursday Murder Club
• The Toxic Avenger
• The Roses
• Motel Destino

Caught Stealing

• The movie is directed by Darren Aronofsky, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Darren Aronofsky also directed Requiem For a Dream in 2000 which grossed $3.6 Mil. in the US and grossed $7.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Austin Butler who also starred in The Dead Don't Die (2019).
• The film also stars Zoë Kravitz who's last movie was The Batman (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Thursday Murder Club

• The movie is directed by Chris Columbus, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Chris Columbus also directed Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief in 2010 which grossed $88.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $226.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Helen Mirren who also starred in Golda (2023).
• The film also stars Pierce Brosnan who's last movie was Four Letters of Love (2025).
• They also appeared together in The Long Good Friday in 1980.
• Chris Columbus directed Pierce Brosnan in Mrs. Doubtfire, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Toxic Avenger

• The movie is directed by Macon Blair, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Macon Blair also directed I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore in 2017.
• It stars Peter Dinklage who also starred in Death At a Funeral (2010).
• The film also stars Jacob Tremblay who's last movie was Sovereign (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Roses

• The movie is directed by Jay Roach, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Jay Roach also directed The Campaign in 2012 which grossed $86.9 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who also starred in The Whistleblower (2010).
• The film also stars Olivia Colman who's last movie was Girl From the North Country (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Motel Destino

• The movie is directed by Karim Aïnouz, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Karim Aïnouz also directed Futuro Beach in 2015.
• It stars Iago Xavier who also starred in Motel Destino (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• The Conjuring: Last Rites - Friday, 5th September
• Shadow Force - Friday, 9th May - streaming

An odd weekend at the global box office with no big new releases to make an impact and a climber to the top from an older movie.

That climber is Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba: The Movie Infinity Castle which takes over at the top wth a $32 Million weekend gross.

The movie has taken $242.5 Million in total after 6 weeks in world cinemas.

Top new movie is the Netflix exclusive KPop Demon Hunters which takes $19.2 Million from a limited Saturday and Sunday release, although Netflix don't release exact box office figures for many countries.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th August 2025

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $32,532,000 over the weekend, a 4% increase from last weekend
• The movie is release in 12 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $242,580,400 over 6 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which took $0 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $28,800,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $199,381,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 75 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $25,774,000 over the weekend, a 16% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $79,666,200 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 7 countries globally this weekend

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It grosses $19,200,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $19,200,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 5 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $18,663,000 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $174,284,000 over 4 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 1 countries globally this weekend

A very quiet weekend at the UK box office has Weapons~2026 remain at the top for a third weekend in a row with a £1.1 Million weekend gross.

The movie has become a surprise big box office hit and has a total UK gross of £8.6 Million.

Which much of the top 5 staying in the same place this weekend the highest new movie is at number 6 with The Life of Chuck taking £486,294 on its debut.