As Avatar: The Way of Water stays at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office for a seventh weekend the Indian movie Pathaan makes an impressive start to its box office run with a debut at 2.

Meanwhile Plane is new at number 3 and The Fabelmans is new at 4 with The Wandering Earth 2 new at 9 with £385,959 and Billie Eilish Live At the O2 is new at 10 with £329,407.

Also new is Unwelcome at 14 with £118,322 and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed at 15 with £88,108.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

The James Cameron directed sequel movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a 7th weekend, which makes it equal with Toy Story 2 and Gladiator.

One more week at the top and it equals Tenet as the longest pandemic movie, if it can get to 13 weeks then it will equal Camerons own Titanic, but its unlikely!

This weekend the movie ass £2.1 Million to its total for a total of £70.8 Million.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,116,615 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £70,884,535 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 15th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £65,070,599 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the new movie from Indian director Siddharth Anand which takes £1.9 Million on its opening weekend.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,967,854 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

Also making its debut this weekend is the new movie starring Gerard Butler which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.1 Million.

The stars last movie Copshop opened in September 2021 to £198,225 for a 3 week run.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,161,382 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023

The latest movie from director Steven Spielberg finally gets a UK release and opens to just over a million pound.

The movie is nominated for a number of Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director which could help its box office journey, but it may get the Director Oscar but little else.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,067,384 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023

Falling to number 5 this weekend the new horror movie franchise takes £749,354 on its 3rd weekend of release.

Compared to Smile from the end of 2022 that movie took £1.4 Million on its 3rd weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £749,354 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £5,980,325 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Upcoming movie Cyrano based on the Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac has been given a 12A age rating by the BBFC in the UK.

The movie stars Peter Dinklage who is fresh from starring in Game of Thrones and Haley Bennett who last appeared in the excellent Hillbilly Elegy.

The movie is directed byJoe Wright who directed The Woman In the Window in 2021.

Movie Synopsis

On one side, the passion of a teacher seeking to pass on the beauty of the texts to his pupils, on the other the commitment of a director to his troupe. An in-depth look at the recreation of "Cyrano de Bergerac", Edmond Rostand's masterpiece, by the Theatre de Carouge, Geneva.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Cyrano
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, bloody images, discrimination, language, threat
• Release date: 14th January 2022
• Runtime: 123m (2 hour 03 minutes)
• Director:
  • Joe Wright
• Starring:
  • Peter Dinklage
  • Haley Bennett
  • Kelvin Harrison Jr.

BBFC movie page

Cinemas are back open in the UK after nearly 5 months of being closed and there are a whole host of new releases this week to mark the occasion.

Most of these new movies came out on Monday, and many of them have been delayed from last year, and some of them are already available on streaming so there is a nice mixed bag.

Here is a rundown of this weeks new movies in the UK.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• The movie is directed by Will Gluck
• Will Gluck also directed Friends With Benefits in 2011 which grossed £6.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars James Corden who last starred in Superintelligence (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who last appeared in The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019).
• James Corden and Elizabeth Debicki starred in Peter Rabbit (2018) together.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• The movie is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
• Darren Lynn Bousman also directed Identity Lost in 2001.
• It stars Chris Rock who last starred in The Witches (2020).
• The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

The Unholy

• The movie is from director Evan Spiliotopoulos
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who last starred in Walkaway Joe (2020).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who last appeared in Black Christmas (2019).

Nomadland

• The movie is directed by Chlo� Zhao
• Chlo� Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Frances McDormand who last starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2020).
• The film also stars Gay DeForest who is making a feature film debut.

My New York Year

• The movie is directed by Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau also directed The Bleeder in 2016.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who last starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who last appeared in The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected (2017).

Army of the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder
• Zack Snyder also directed Dawn of the Dead in 2004 which grossed £5.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Hiroyuki Sanada who last starred in Mortal Kombat (2021).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who last appeared in My Spy (2020).
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Dave Bautista starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019) together.

Sound of Metal

• The movie is from director Darius Marder
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Riz Ahmed who last starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020).
• The film also stars Olivia Cooke who last appeared in Naked Singularity (2021).

Those Who Wish Me Dead

• The movie is directed by Taylor Sheridan
• Taylor Sheridan also directed Wind River in 2017 which grossed £1.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who last starred in Come Away (2020).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Le Mans '66 (2019).

Rare Beasts

• The movie is from director Billie Piper
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Billie Piper who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Leo Bill who last appeared in In Fabric (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Wednesday, 26th May
• Cruella, Friday, 28th May
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Friday, 28th May
• First Cow, Friday, 28th May

This weekend, Friday 9th October 2020, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Tenet, for the number 1 spot after 6 weeks?

Saint Maud

• The movie is from director Rose Glass
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Morfydd Clark who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2020).
• The film also stars Jennifer Ehle who last appeared in Vox Lux (2019).

Kajillionaire

• This new release stars Evan Rachel Wood who's last film was Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy Blache (2020)
• It also stars Gina Rodriguez who appeared in Scoob! (2020).
• The film is brought to us by 3 time director Miranda July.

I Am Woman

• The movie is directed by Unjoo Moon and is their directorial debut.
• It stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Danielle Macdonald.

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

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• The War With Grandpa, Friday, 16th October
• I Am Greta, Friday, 16th October

With Tenet spending a 5th weekend at the top of the UK box office can Eternal Beauty or Summer Of 85 replace it, there is still a chance that After We Collided could jump the one place to the top on its 4th weekend of release.

Here are the new releases this weekend that are looking to enter the box office.

Eternal Beauty

• The movie is directed by Craig Roberts
• Craig Roberts also directed Just Jim in 2015 which grossed £8.8 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Sally Hawkins who last starred in Margaret Atwood Live In Cinemas (2019).
• The film also stars Alice Lowe who last appeared in Sometimes Always Never (2019).

Summer of 85

• This new release stars Felix Lefebvre who's last film was Une Nuit, a Travers Champs (2020)
• It also stars Benjamin Voisin who appeared in The Happy Prince (2018).
• The film is brought to us by new director François Ozon.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• Saint Maud, Friday, 9th October
• Kajillionaire, Friday, 9th October