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$0Spider-Man: No Way Home spends a fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office while there is nothings in the way of major new releases to try challenge it, although that could change next weekend!
Highest new movie of the weekend is Licorice Pizza which makes its debut at number 3 while further down the box office is The 355 which is new at 7 with £366,546.
Finally the critically acclaimed Boiling Point is new at number 11 with £79,117 from just 53 cinemas in the UK.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 7th - 9th January 2022
The Marvel/Sony movie spends a fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office, the longest run since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in September 2021, although No Time To Die did spend 4 non-consecutive weeks at the top on October of 2021.
The movie took this weekend £4.4 Million which is a very slim 26% drop over last weekend which gives the movie a UK total of £79.3 Million after 4 weeks.
The movie is naturally the top film so far in 2022, and on its current pace it could beat No Time To Die as the top movie released in 2021 which has taken £96.5 Million so far.
A second weekend at number 2 for the prequel movie from director Matthew Vaughn which this weekend takes £905,092, a large 74% drop over last weekend altohugh that did include nearly a week of previews.
The movie has now taken a fairly reasonable £5.3 Million over its 2/3 weeks of release.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson's coming of age movie set in the 1970's got a pre-release on new years day and has taken to date £879,373.
The movie has had great reviews which might keep its momentum going for a few weeks as it becomes a fan favourite.
The kids animated series transitioned to a live action big screen movie had a decent Christmas holiday and this weekend only falls to number 4 with £623,074, a small 20% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a £7.3 Million total after 5 weeks.
The fourth The Matrix movie has had a tough time at the box office but in the UK the movie only falls to number 5 this weekend with £513,474, a 32% drop over last weekend, which gives the Keanu Reeves starring movie a total UK gross of £6.4 Million over 3 weeks.
Spider-Man: No Way Home hangs onto the top of the global box office over the Christmas holiday period giving the movie 2 weeks at the top while animated sequel Sing 2 is the top new movie at number 3.
The King's Man is also new this week at number 5 while B For Busy is new at 6 with $10,283,876.
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Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th December 2021
The latest Spider-Man MCU movie remains at the top of the global box office for a second weekend and is the first movie in 2021 to smash the $1 Billion mark.
The movie takes $202.9 Million globally on its second weekend from 62 countries, a 66% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $1.054 Billion globally making it the top grossing movie of the year having overtaken The Battle At Lake Changjin which current sits at $902.2 Million.
Despite the pre-release hype for the movie, the fourth edition in The Matrix saga is not getting a lot of love at the box office.
After a release in a handful of countries last weekend ans making its debut at 4 the movie goes mega wide this week in 76 countries and takes $47 Million, an increase of 80% over last weekend, and jumps to number 2.
This gives the movie a total global gross of $69.8 Million, this is way lower than would have been expected from such a high profile release, but take into consideration that the movie has had tepid reviews and its on HBO Max in America.
Highest new movie of the week is the animated sequel to the 2017 animated smash movie Sing which took $634 Million globally.
The follow up takes $42.9 Million, from 39 countries, on its debut making it the top new movie of the weekend.
Falling from 2 to number 4 this week is the Chinese movie sequel to Sheep Without a Shepherd which takes $35.8 Million from a single country, a 35% drop, for a total gross of $113.5 Million after 2 weeks.
Finally on the top five is the prequel movie to director Matthew Vaughn two The Kingsman movies which is a new entry at number 5 with $10.2 Million from just 8 countries.
The start of the Christmas holiday weekend and Warner Bros. take the top of the chart with their latest DC Universe film Aquaman.
Warners DC Universe has had a hard time of things in recent years despite the success of Wonder Woman last year, but things are taking a upward look with their latest origin story feature for Aquaman.
The film flies into number 1 with a weekend take of $67.4 million, and if you add Thursday previews this takes the total to $72 million.
For Disney there is a lot riding on this film as they are making a sequel to a beloved movie from 1964 with a fresh actress taking over the lead role.
Critics have been kind and some have loved the film, but there have been some negative reviews, the film misses the top spot but still manages to take $22,2 million on its debut weekend and $31 million with previews.
Taking a departure from the usual Transformers movie this origins movie takes the franchise in a new direction and from what the critics are saying its better for it.
The Travis Knight directed film takes $21 million on its debut weekend of release.
Second weekend for the Spider-Man animation and the film falls from the top spot to number 4 with $16.7 million to bring its total to $64.8 million.
The Clint Eastwood directed and starring movie falls to number 5 this week with $9.3 million taking its US total to $35 million.
Who said that the box office was dead? Well Warner Bros. are set to make $4bn this year in Box Office takings, the highest a studio has ever made in a calendar year.
The big films which helped Warners hit this target were harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, their highest grosser this year, The Hangover, Yes Man, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Gran Torino which all came in over $100m in worldwide grosses.
Other films which have helped are Watchmen, Terminator Salvation and The Blind Side which is yet to see a UK release but did big business in the US. Sherlock Holmes is also sure to make big money for Warners which came out over the Christmas holiday break.
Sure ticket prices are higher today than they have ever been, but we have home cinema systems today which are more affordable than ever and make staying in and watching a video a better experience than ever, couple this with the ever growing Blu-ray and video on demand market and it's a real challenge for the multiplexes.
Looking at the top earners of recent years though and they are all films which are better experienced on a large screen rather than you���re at home 50 inch plasma. Except for last year���s top film, Mamma Mia, which for some reason took on a life of its own?