Highest new movie this weekend
Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix the historical drama Napoleon~2023 hits the top on its debut with a weekend gross of £5.2 Million.
Ridley Scott's last movie House of Gucci took £2.5 Million on its debut but that was during he COVID19 pandemic!.
Joaquin Phoenix last movie, Beau Is Afraid, took £231,370 earlier this year.
Last weeks top movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes falls a single place to number 2 this weekend with a 50% drop from last week.
Also new this weekend is the latest Disney movie that has DNA closely attached to the companies smash hit Frozen~2023, Wish this weekend lands at number 3 with £2.4 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
Denzel Washington returns for a third outing as Robert McCall in this weeks top movie Equalizer 3 which makes its debut with $34.5 Million, very much in the same ballpark as the previous movie in the series.
Barbie remains at number 2 in its 7th weekend of release as its total US gross passes $600 Million.
Last weeks top new movie and number 1 Gran Turismo falls to number 4 this weekend with a 62% slide over its debut weekend.
Highest new movie this weekend
Barbie is now starting to be in the running for longest ever number 1 movie, a record currently held by Titanic with 14 weeks, as the movie stays at the top for a 6th weekend.
The Greta Gerwig directed movie is also getting close to a milestone that only 2 other movies have achieved, Skyfall in 2012 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, grossing over £100 Million at the UK box office, Barbie has so far grossed £90 Million.
Oppenheimer is one again at number 2 this weekend with a total UK gross of over £50 Million.
Top new movie of the weekend is the live concert event feature Andre Rieus 2023 Maastricht Concert Love Is All Around from the ever popular world famous violinist.
After 6 weeks of release Oppenheimer spends its first weekend at the top of the global box office, replacing the Chinese movie No More Bets.