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Also new this weekend is The Legend of Maula Jatt at number 9 with £315,219 and Emily at number 10 with £276,322.
Highest new movie this weekend
Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck the movie based on the children's book of the same name lands on the UK box office at the top this weekend.
With the release of Halloween Ends this weekend it was presumed that would get to the top but the crocodile movie takes the top spot with its advance screenings, without them the movie does land at number 2.
The movie takes £2.7 Million over the weekend and £1.7 Million without previews.
The last in the (current) Halloween trilogy lands on the box office at number 2 this weekend, ot if we take out the advance screenings of Lyle Lyle Crocodile it actually lands at the top.
The movie makes a debut gross of £2.1 Million which is well above the previous David Gordon Green directed Halloween~2018 movie, Haloween Kills which landed at number 3 with £1.6 Million, but that movie was delayed a year and released during the pandemic.
The horror movie of the moment falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 week stint at the top of the UK box office.
On its 3rd weekend the movie takes £1.4 Million, a 17% drop over last weekend which gives the movie a total UK gross of £7.2 Million.
The George Clooney and Julia Roberts starring romantic comedy remains at number 4 this weekend on its 4th weekend of release.
Taking £617,041, a small 28% drop over last week, now on its 4th weekend the movie has taken a very reasonable £7.7 Million.
Despite the controversy surrounding this movie, and that it was a relative flop in the US the movie has done reasonably well in the UK, I guess the British love Florence Pugh and Harry Styles!
The movie takes £610,841 on its 4th weekend of release as it falls to number 5, this is a 40% drop over last weekend and gives the movie a total UK gross of £9.3 Million, the £10 Million milestone is just around the corner.
After all the controversy surrounding the new movie starring Florence Pugh and directed by and starring Olivia Wilde, Don't Worry Darling makes its debut at the op of the US box office.
Looking ahead to the release of the much awaited sequel Avatar gets another re-release in cinemas this time in a new 4K print the apparently enhances the 3D and the experience!
Highest new movie this weekend
Despite the reports that have emerged over the months regarding the production of this much anticipated movie it manages to land at the top of the US box office on its debut.
The audience in North America was primarily female it it has got mixed reviews across the board but in the current theatrical climate a $19.3 Million debut is not too bad.
For the director Olivia Wilde this is a career high, but star Florence Pugh has been in some very high profile movie including Black Widow from 2021, but Midsommar from 2019 is a good comparison and that debuted to $6.5 Millon in early July.
Falling from the top spot this weekend is the Viola Davis movie which takes $11 Million on its second weekend, a 41% drop over its debut.
The movie has taken a total of $36.2 Million over its 2 weeks of release in North America.
Getting another cinema release in preperation for the sequel this December is the former highest grossing movie of all time in North America, which in a new 4K version lands at number 3 with $10 Million.
This is the movie 32 weekend on the North American box office and it is the 5th time it has has a re-release.
The movie has to date taken $771 Million at the US box office and is 4th top grossing movie in the US behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Low budget horror movies are the order of the day as Halloween approaches and the Zach Cregger directed movie drop to number 4 this week on its 3rd weekend of release with $4.8 Million, a small 28% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $28.4 Million over its 3 weeks of release.
Falling to 5 this weekend is another relatively low budget horror movie as the second film in the Ti West director X horror trilogy takes $2 Million on its second weekend, a 39% drop.
The movie has taken $6 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Getting a head start on the box office with a Tuesday release, Ticket To Paradise makes its debut on the box office this weekend at the top when including previews worth £1 Million, Dont Worry Darling comes in at number 2 which would have been on top if counting weekend gross only.
Coming it at number 3 this weekend is the 4K re-release of Avatar giving a bit of comfort to Disney to the popularity of the franchise just before the release of Avatar: THe Way of Water in December.
Highest new movie this weekend
The movie should have been released last weekend but got delayed due to the passing of The Queen and so its got a Tuesday release this week which by Friday gave it a £1 Million jump on the box office.
The movie starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts in their first team up since the 2016 movie Money Monster takes £2.8 Million on its opening week with £1.7 Million of that taken over the Friday to Sunday weekend.
The movie starring Florence Pugh and directed by Olivia Wilde has caused a fair amount of headlines over the past weeks concerning its star and director not getting on too well, but the movie lands at number 2 on the box office this weekend, and number 1 if you remove the 3 day headstart Ticket To Paradise got.
The movie takes a very respectable £2.7 Million on its debut, which given the controversy and the story of the movie is not bad.
It will be interesting to see the drop off next weekend and if the film can appeal to a broader audience than the hard core fans of the main leads including Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan and Olivia Wilde herself.
Disney are either testing the waters here or trying to get everyone re-invested in 3D and the franchise before the release of the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water in December, but the highest grossing movie of all time gets another shot at box office grosses this weekend.
The movie lands at number 3 this week in an all new 4K, 3D version of the movie with a gross of £1.2 Million which is not bad given the movie has already taken over £90 Million at the UK box office.
It will be interesting to see the drop off next weekend given the rumour that a number of tickets were sold to people thinking this was the sequel.
Last weeks top movie falls to number 4 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top with a gross of £473,221, a large 52% drop from last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of £3.6 Million after 3 weeks at the top.
Landing on the box office last weekend in limited release and becoming the highest debut at number 10 the David Bowie documentary goes wide this week and jumps to number 5 with a gross of £375,398.
This is a 52% increase over last weekend, but no surprise really given the increase in cinema count, the movie has taken £676,185 in total over 2 weeks.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore makes its debut at the top of the US box office with the lowest debut for the series so far.
Father Stu is also new at number 5 this weekend while Indian movie K.G.F: Chapter 2 is also new at 9 with $2.8 Million.
Finally Dual starring Karen Gillan makes its debut at number 12 with $125,000 over the weekend.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
This third in the Wizarding World series of movies makes a soft debut at the top of the US box office chart this weekend with $43 Million.
Compared to the last movie in the series Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald this is $20 Million lower and compared to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is it $30 Million lower.
The Fantastic Beasts series has never hit the heights of Harry Potter, but with the controversy and difficult production of this series many critics are declaring this should be the last one and quit while your ahead.
Falling into second place this weekend is the blue video game hedgehog which takes $30 Million on its second weekend of release, a hefty 58% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a nice $119.6 Million after 2 weeks of release which is higher than Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020.
The movie is the 4th top movie of 2022 to date.
Falling a single place to 3 this weekend is the Sandra Bullock starring action comedy which takes $6.5 Million this weekend, 29% down.
This takes the movies total gross to $78.5 Million total after 4 weeks and its the 7th top movie of 2022.
Jumping up the box office to number 4 this weekend after being available in many more cinemas is the Michelle Yeoh starring alternate reality movie which takes $6.1 Million on its 4th weekend, a 2% increase over last week.
This gives the movie a very respectable $17.6 Million total, which could climb higher as it expands to more cinemas and is getting good critical word of mouth.
Finally in the top 5 is another new movie as Mark Wahlberg joins in Daddy's Home 2 co-star Mel Gibson in this comedy which takes $5.7 on its debut weekend.
The first trailer for upcoming sequel movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which stars Sonic, Two Tails, Knuckles and Jim Carey as Dr. Ivo Robotnik.
Today�s forecast calls for a 100% chance of adventure. Check out the new trailer for #SonicMovie2 and see it only in theatres April 8, 2022. pic.twitter.com/QZMw8lzKxA
— Paramount Pictures (@ParamountPics) December 10, 2021
The trailer was released during The Game Awards which took place in Thursday evening.
The is no story given away in the trailer and is simply a showcase for Jim Carey and reinforces that Knuckles and Two Tails will feature in the movie.
After the controversy over the digital look of Sonic in the original tailer for Sonic the Hedgehog it is reassuring to see that all the characters look like their video game counterparts.
The movie stars once again Ben Schwartz as Sonic with James Marsden alongside Jim Carey and they are joined by Idris Elba as Knuckles and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Two Tails.
The movie is directed once again by Jeff Fowler and is set for release on 8th April 2022, COVID restriction permitting.