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US release: 9th January 2026Sequel movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the top new movie of the weekend making its debut a the top of the UK box office knocking Scream VI to number 3 after a weeke at the top.
Also new this weekend is AllelujahRye Lane is new at number 8 with £258,997 and director Ti West's new movie Pearl is new at 12 with £192,504 which is lower than the directors previous movie X which makes its debut with £227,501.
Highest new movie this weekend
As the DCEU prepares to become the James Gunn universe there are still a couple of the old Snyder universe films to get released and this sequel movie to Shazam gets its debut this week with a gross of £2.3 Million
This is lower than the predecessor which took over £4 Million on its debut, although this movie has got good audience reviews which would see it have good legs and hang around for a while.
Remaining at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to Creed II which takes £1.2 Million on its third weekend of release.
After making its debut at the top of the UK box office last weekend the 6th movie in the Scream~1997 series falls to number 3 with a groos of just under a million.
From the pen of Alan Bennett comes this hospital based drama starring the usual array of british tallen including Jennifer Saunders and Judi Dench.
The movie got a bit of a critical panning which is perhaps reflected in the relatively low opening gross of at the box office.
The new Adam Driver movie falls to number 5 after making its debut last weekend and has a total gross of nearly £2.5 Million.
Spider-Man: No Way Home successfully fought off the Keneth Branagh directed Belfast to remain at the top of the UK box office for a 6th straight weekend while the afore mentioned Belfast came in at number 2.
Also making its debut this weekend is Nightmare Alley from director Guillermo del Toro which came in at 4 while the Denzel Washington directed A Journal For Jordan is new at 14 with £50,511.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 21st - 23rd January 2022.
6 weeks at the top now for the Marvel and Sony web slinger as the mega smash movie starring Tom Holland and Benedict Cumberbatch takes £2.3 Million over its 6th weekend of release, a good 27% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an amazing £87.4 Million total in the UK, and it is the top movie of 2022 with £17.6 Million taken this year.
It is also the second top movie released in 2021 with only No Time To Die having taken more and to top it all off it is the 7th top movie of all time in the UK.
There is every possibility that the movie could stay at the top of another weekend, although with the release of animated sequel Sing 2 on Friday it has its work cut out, and this weeks top new movie Belfast is pulling in the audiences as word of mouth is hyping the film.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Caitriona Balfe and Judi Dench this Irish movie is the highest debut of the weekend with £2.3 Million.
The movie actually topped the Irish and Scottish box office this week doing better than Spider-Man: No Way Home in those territories, but when combined it has to make do with a very strong number 2 debut.
With this successful UK launch the movie is the 5th top movie of 2022.
It has its work cut out, but the mid week chart has the movie as the top film of the week.
After making its debut at number 2 last week the movie drops to number 3 on its sophomore weekend with a take of £1.2 Million, a large 49% drop.
The movie has now taken £4.7 Million in total and is the 2nd top movie of 2022 so far.
Horror master Guillermo del Toro brings his latest movie to the big screen in the shape of a drama starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett which makes its debut with £550,868.
The movie has got good reviews and word of mouth but seems to have not made an impact on the movies box office showing and which could result in the film disappearing in a short amount of time.
Seven weeks on now for the live action version of the animated series as the movie drops to number 5 with £389,508, a low 38% drop over last weekend.
This gives the film a total UK gross of £4.1 Million, it is now the 4th top movie of 2022 with £2.5 Million of that taken this year.
Last weekend saw Spider-Man: No Way Home at the top of the UK box office, with 3 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?
Here are this weeks new releases.
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
This week hitting the home streaming services are Tom And Jerry in a live action/cartoon mix, adaptation Six Minutes To Midnight starring Eddie Izzard along with Made In Italy and Malibu Road.
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same weekend over the last 30 years.
Making headlines were Onward from this time last year, Rango hitting the top of the box office in 2011 and the classic Transpotting which was the bog movie of the week in 1996.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Onward starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt and directed by Dan Scanlon
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.4 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart and directed by Babak Najafi
Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.8 Million over 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Rango starring Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher and directed by Gore Verbinski
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £41.9 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Date Movie which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Syriana directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Kayvan Novak and George Clooney which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Brokeback Mountain which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £11.8 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £17 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Chocolat directed by Lasse Hallstrm and starring Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner and directed by Danny Boyle
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £18.8 Million after 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Godfather Part III starring Al Pacino and Diane Keaton and directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £9.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.