Despite Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse taking over $50 Million on its second weekend of release Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes over at the top with a $60.5 Million debut.
With the long awaited The Flash movie hitting cinemas this weekend and almost certainly hitting the top next weekend we could see the first weekend in years with 3 movies taking over $50 Million at the US box office.
Highest new movie this weekend
The sequel to the 2018 animated, Oscar Winning, Spider-Man: Inside the Spider-Verse easily makes its UK box office debut at the top with a £9.3 Million gross.
The movie knock off Disney's The Little Mermaid~2023 after a single weekend at the top, despite the fact that the live action movie took a very slim 16% fall from its debut last weekend.
The Little Mermaid~2023 itself takes £4.2 Million on its decond weekend of release for a nice £16.2 Million total.
Also new this weekend is the Stephen King written The Boogeyman which makes its debut at number 5 with a gross of £492,070.
A pair of event movie make their debuts at 7 and 8 with Suga/Agust D Tour: D-Day in Japan - Live Viewing opening with a gross of £119,464 and Die Zauberflote: Met Opera 2023 with £104,668 on its debut.
As few more new entries make up the top 15 in the shape of Reality~2023 at 9 with £62,987, Indian movie Zara Hatke Zara Bachke at 10 with £56,925 and finally The Machine~2023 at 14 with £36,377.
The British half term holiday has given Mummies a re-entry at 15 this weekend.
Highest new movie this weekend
The signs were strong that Spider Man: Across the Spider Verse was going to be a big movie and with a debut gross over $120 Million it surpassed expectation and is now the 7th top debuting movie in June at the North American box office.
The movie takes close to a $100 Million more than its predecessor Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which took $35 Million on its debut in 2018.
The Little Mermaid~2023 spends a single weekend at the top of the box office and falls to number 2 this weekend and has taken $186.2 Million after 2 weekends of release.
Second highest new movie this weekend is the Stephen King written movie The Boogeyman which makes its debut at 3 with $12.3 Million.
Holdover movies fill out most of the top 15 until a new entry at 12 for Past Lives which takes $232,266 and at 13 there is a new entry for The Roundup: No Way Out which takes $200,000.
Highest new movie this weekend
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel makes it 3 weeks at the top in a very quiet weekend at the UK box office.
A third weekend take of £1.4 million sees The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel bring it's total up to 1£1.7 million which is keeping it in-line (a little ahead in fact) to it's predecessor.
Highest new film of the week is Run All Night starring Liam Neeson and Ed harris which enters the box office at number 2.
A relatively low opening gross of just over £800,00 will probably see the film disappear quite quickly from the box office chart.
The only other new film opening on the top 10 this week is Suite Francaise at number 4 with a half a million debut.
Historical charts
A year ago - This time last year a video game adaptation of Need For Speed hit the top of the box office on it's debut knocking 300 Rise of an Empire down to 3rd.
Five years ago - Alice in Wonderland was still riding the top of the box office with the highest new film at 2 in the shape of Shutter Island.
Ten years ago - Hitch made it's way to the top on it's debut weekend knocking Boogeyman from the top to number 3.
Fifteen years ago - Toy Story 2 retained it's lead at the top of the box office and in a very quiet week for new releases the highest new film was The insider at number 7.
Making it 2 weeks at the top, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel retains it's lead over the rest of the box office with £2 million over the weekend, 33% down on last week, not bad.
In an unusual move the Will Smith starring Focus moves up to second place despite a drop to £ 1.3 million in weekend gross, showing what a low grossing weekend it was.
Highest new film of the frame is Neill Blomkamp Chappie at 4, despite the hype the movie only managed a £1.015 million opening weekend, the lowest of the directors career.
Other new films this weekend are: Still Alice at 8 but from only 86 screen showing and Unfinished Business at 9, Vince Vaughn's career worst.
Historical charts
Last year - 300 Rise of an Empire replaced The Lego Movie at the top of the box office on it's debut week, The Lego Movie fell to number 2.
Five years ago - Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland made a huge debut at the top of the box office, finally dislodging Avatar which fell a single place to 2.
Ten years ago - Horror film Boogeyman went in at the top despite it very low opening of less than a million pound, it replaces Hide and Seek which fell to 2.
Fifteen years ago - Some stability at the top with Toy Story 2 remaining at number 1, highest new film was at 2 in the shape of Three Kings starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Twenty and twenty five years ago - Twenty years ago Dumb and Dumber was still the big film in March with The Madness of King George making waves as a new film, twenty five years ago saw Look Who's Talking making an impressive debut in March as the top film.