As the Halloween season approaches the horror movies come thick and fast and this weekend the sequel movie (of sorts) The Exorcist: Believer tops the UK box office with a debut gross of £1,7 Million.
Last weeks top movie, The Creator~2023 drops to number 2 on its second weekend of release.
For the first time in its 12 week run Oppenheimer out grosses its box office rival Barbie on this weekends chart.
Highest new movie this weekend
Director Kenneth Branagh follows up Murder on the Orient Express~2017 and Death on the Nile~2020 with another Agatha Christie novel, this time A Haunting In Venice which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, violence, suicide references
Kenneth Branagh himself stars in the movie movie as Hercule Poirot and this his co-stars are the likes of Kelly Reilly who has been in 1320~2011 and Last Orders as well as Michelle Yeoh who has starred in Butterfly and Sword and Master Z: The IP Man Legacy.
Kenneth Branagh has helmed 23 movie to day with movies including All Is True and Mary Shelleys Frankenstein.
Movie Synopsis
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a murder while attending a Halloween seance at a haunted palazzo in Venice, Italy.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
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Highest new movie this weekend
Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie A Haunting In Venice which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.
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Movie breakdown
Synopsis for A Haunting In Venice
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a murder while attending a Halloween seance at a haunted palazzo in Venice, Italy.
Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.
New horror film Prey for the Devil is the top new movie of the weekend as it makes its debut at number 3 with Black Adam remaining at the top for a second weekend.
Event movie Coldplay - Music of the Spheres: Live Broadcast From Buenos Aires is the only other new entry on the top 15 movies this weekend at number 11 with $1,015,000.
After hitting the top of the North American box office on its debut the Dwayne Johnson starring movie remains there for a second weekend with $27.4 Million, a hefty 59% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $110.9 Million in North America as it passes the one hundred million milestone after 2 weeks of release.
The George Clooney and Julie Roberts starring movie must be the sleeper hit of the summer as the movie continues to do well in North America after its success across the rest of the world.
This weekend the movie takes $9.8 Million which is a 40% drop over last weekend giving it a $33 Million total after 2 weeks fo release.
Highest new movie this weekend
The highest new entry this weekend comes in at number 3 as the Halloween season start to conclude we get this horror movie from director Daniel Stamm.
The movie makes its North American debut with a gross of $7.1 Million, not bad for a very low budget film but it could almost sink without trace by next weekend.
The horror movie of the season falls a single place this weekend to number 4 as it fails to capitalise on the Halloween season.
With a weekend gross of $5.4 Million, a 36% drop over last weekend, the film has been far from a flop as its total gross rises $92 Million.
It is chasing the one hundred million milestone which the movie may struggle with now the horror season is over and done with.
The last of the current Halloween trilogy struggles to make a mark at the box office as its falls to number 5 5 this weekend with $4 Million, a 49% drop.
This gives the movie a US total gross of $60 Million after 3 weeks of release.