No big new releases this week gives Fast & Furious 9 a chance to spend a second weekend at the top of the UK box office.
There were no new movies that entered inside the top 5 this week with the top debut Freaky
Also on the chart this week there were new entries for Another Round at number 9 with £205,266, Violet Evergarden: The Movie at number 14 with £54,946 and finally Daisy Quokka: Worlds Scariest Animal at 15 with £52,780.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th July 2021
The Justin Lin directed ninth instalment of The Fast Saga stays at the top of the Uk box office for a second weekend with £2.6 Million, a 55% drop from last week.
The movie is on its second weekend of release and has a UK gross of £10.8 Million.
Compared to the previous movie in the franchise, Fast & Furious 8, its less than half the total gross, but of course in the current box office climate it is an unfair comparison.
The runaway smash of the summer, the Peter Rabbit sequel movie remains at number 2 for the 6th weekend and this week takes £,830,560, which is basically the same as last weekend.
The movie has been a massive smash hit in the UK, no doubt fuelled by fan favourite James Cordon as the voice of Peter, and has taken £17.4 Million in the UK.
This is by far the top grossing movie of 2021 which didn't start until 7 weeks ago, it will be interesting to see if it can keep its lead with Fast & Furious 9 doing so well and the new MCU movie Black Widow out this coming week.
The Jon M. Chu directed movie is proving to be a big hit in the UK and this weekend takes £466,156, only 32% down on last weekend, giving it a total UK gross of £3.3 Million.
The Emily Blunt starring horror movie sequel takes £425,798 this weekend, 29% down, for a total gross of £10.3 Million.
Interestingly the movie is actually running parallel with its predecessor and could potentially beat its total UK gross.
This has been a surprise hit for Disney and this weekend spends a 6th weekend inside the top 5 with £410,789, a very slim 11% drop from last weekend.
The movies total Uk gros is now at £8.4 Million after its 6 weeks of release.
Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 2nd July 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Fast & Furious 9 from the top of the UK box office.
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
There were no new releases on the box office top 10 this weekend as The Croods: A New Age remained at the top for a third weekend.
Catalogue movies ones again did very well with half the top ten as Elf, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Polar Express, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and 2017's Wonder Woman all made re-appearances.
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The US box office top 5 breakdown 11th - 13th December 2020
The animated sequel starring Nicholas Cage spends its third weekend at the top of the US box office with a weekend gross of $3.01 Million, 32% down from last weekend and by far the highest on the US box office this week.
After 3 weeks of release the movie has now taken $24.26 million, it will be one of the top grossing film during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
The Mexican movie from director Luke Greenfield spends a second weekend at number 2 with a weekend gross of $490,000, a 30% drop from last weekend giving the film a total US gross of $1.38 Million.
The re-release of the 2003 movie jumps to number 3 this week with $400,000, a 20% increase over last weekend.
This gives the film a total gross since release of $176,12 Million.
The Christopher Landon directed horror comedy is still doing well and this week takes $315,000 at number 4, 34% down on last weekend.
The movie has now taken a very respectable $8.23 Million over its 5 weeks of release.
The Jim Carey Christmas movie from 2000 re-enters the box office this weekend with $268,170 giving the movie a total gross of $260.31 Million since release.
With cinema closures under the global pandemic continuing across the US which is for the 10th month disrupting the box office animated feature The Croods 2 stays at the top for a second weekend.
Top new movie of the weekend enters the box office at 2 in the shape of Mexican movie Half Brothers and All My Life also makes a new entry at 4.
Also making a new entry on the box office this weekend is the re-edited version of The Godfather Part II, called The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone, which debuts at 15 with $52,000.
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Here is the US box office top 5 rundown for 4th - 6th December 2020.
Second weekend at the top for the animated movie from director Joel Crawford starring Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds which takes $4.4 Million, 55% down from last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $20.3 Million after 2 weeks of release.
A Mexican movie from director Luke Greenfield is the highest new movie of the weekend making its debut at number 2 on the US box office.
The film took a very respectable $720,000 on its debut weekend of release.
The horror comedy former number 1 movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $460,000, a 42% drop from last weekend.
The Christopher Landon directed movie has now taked $7.74 Million during its 4 weeks of release.
New at number 4 this weekend is this romance from director Marc Meyers which takes $350,000 on its debut weekend.
Surprise hit of the year starring Rober De Niro falls to number 5 this weekend with $329,359, a 44% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $17.63 Million after 9 weeks of release, all in the top 5!
For the first time on the US box office since Tenet made its debut back in August The Croods: A New Age makes a decent weekend debut.
The release schedule outside the new animated movie is next to nothing and the only other new releases this week are a couple of catalogue movies, the excellent National Lampoons Christmas Vacation at 9 and Disney's Frozen at 12.
Here is this weeks US Quickview.
This weeks US box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th November 2020.
Dreamworks follow up their 2013 movie The Croods which took $187.1 Million at the US box office with this sequel which Universal has released while the pandemic is still causing cinemas to shut their doors.
The movie still manages to take a very good $9.7 Million on its debut weekend which is second only to Tenet in the months since the pandemic effected the box office.
Falling from the top after 2 weeks is the Vince Vaughn starring horror/comedy which takes $770,000, a 40% drop from last weekend.
The movie has now grossed $7.01 Million in the US over 3 weeks of release.
Surprise hit on the last few months is the Robert De Niro starring movie which takes $643,937 over the weekend, only 14% down from last week.
The movie is showing incredible staying power and has grosses $17.25 Million over its 8 weeks of release.
4 weeks on the the Dianne Lane starring movie falls to 4 with $453,000, 37% down, for a total of $8.73 Million after 4 weeks.
Falling to 5 this week is Jacob Chase's horror movie which takes $387,000, 31% down from last weekend, for a $8.83 Million 5 week total.