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

Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.

The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.

Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.

Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.

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

James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.

The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $15,700,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $620,580,771 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $595,752,416 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.

The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots

Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $10,621,000 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $140,835,910 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $139,514,442 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,751,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $46,053,864 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.

Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,371,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $82,274,725 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It grosses $5,947,369 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023

A new trailer has released for the upcoming The Batman movie directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson.

Vengeance equals justice for both the Bat and the Cat. Watch the new trailer for The Batman now. Only in theatres March 4. #TheBatman pic.twitter.com/2WOHg74jbP

— The Batman (@TheBatman) December 27, 2021

Batman is part of the DC superhero comic universe but the movie is separate from the main DC movie Universe which has movies like Justice League and Wonder Woman.

This is an origins movie and at the moment is set to be the first part in a new Batman movie series.

Robert Pattinson takes over the role of the protagonist Batman after Ben Affleck dropped out, so there is a chance we could see him appear in other DC movie universe titles in the future.

Also starring Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell and Zoe Kravitz the movie is set for release in 4th March 2022 after having a few delays due to COVID-19.