US release: 2nd August 1996
£16.5 Million 
$28.6 Million 
$0 This weekend, Friday 15th November 2024, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Paddington In Peru, for the number 1 spot?
As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.
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Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
As the box office summer season moves into the next gear sequel movie Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes gets its UK release and top the UK box office.
The movie takes £3.8 Million on its debut, which in recent times is not a terrible opening weekend but it is half that of War For the Planet of the Apes £7.1 Million from 7 years ago.
Last weeks top movie The Fall Guy takes a hard tumble from the top this week with a weekend gross of £948,970, a 74% drop from last week.
Only 1 movie this weekend took over a million, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and with a total 15 combines gross of £6.3 Million this of the lowest box office total since December 6th 2022 when Matilda The Musical spent its 3rd weekend at the top.
Highest new movie this weekend
As the box office is in a holding patern before the release of this weeks potential mega hit Matilda the Musical remains at the top for a third weekend in a row.
The highest new entry this weeke dis at 7 with The Nutcracker: ROH London 2022 taking £133,397, also along with The Polar Express making a seasonal re-entry and Top Gun: Maverick getting back in to the chart there is a new entry for The Hours: Met Opera 2022 at number 15 with £54,274.
Remaining at the for a third straight weekend is the musical version of the Roal Dahl book Matilda which takes £2.1 over the weekend, a tiny 17% drop.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £10.7 after 3 weeks of release.
In comparison to the 1996 movie this is way below, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £6.2 Million on its 3rd weekend for a total of £34 Million.
Remaining at number 2 this weeks is the sequel movie from marvel which takes £803,799 on its 5th weekend, a 47% drop.
This gives the Black Panther sequel a total gross of £30.8 to date and it is now the 8th top grossing movie of 2022.
Compared to the first film this movie is far lower, Black Panther took £1.8 Million on its 5th weekend for a total of £42 Million.
Second weekend on the box office for the Home Alone meets Santa Claus movie which this weekend takes £567,350, a 31% drop.
The movies remains at 3 this weekend with total gross now at £1.9 Million on the UK box office.
Disney's latest animated tale stays at number 4 this weekend with £305,802, a 31% drop from last weekend.
This pushes the total gross of £1,7 Million, very low for a Disney film, comparing it to Encanto its less than half thats movie total at this point which was £4,2 Million.
Remaining at 5 this weekend is the fine dining tale of woe which takes £192,827 on its 4th weeeknd, a 42% drop.
The movies total gross is not up to £3 Million.
Matilda: The Musical is the top movie of the weekend, making its debut at the top and knocking Black Panther: Wakanda Forever down to number 2.
Also new this weekend is the Disney animated feature Strange World which enters at number 3 and She Said which is new at number 4.
Outside the top 5 Bones and All is new at number 6 with £318,246 while the live stage broadcast of Tim Minchin: Back is new at 8 with £155,353 including previews, also a live stage broadcast A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story is new at 11 with £113,203 and finally Table For Six is new at 14 with £69,732.
Highest new movie this weekend
Starring Alisha Weir as Matilda and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull this is an adaptation of the stage music with music by Tim Minchin.
The movie lands at the top of the UK box office this weekend with a debut gross of £4.1 Million.
In a crazy comparison, the original Matilda which came out in 1996 would have taken £19 Million on its debut, adjusted for inflation, for a total of nearly £50 Million!
After a couple of weeks at the top of the UK box office the latest Marvel sequel movie falls to number 2 with a weekend gross of £2.6 Million, a large 56% drop over last weekend.
The movie is tracking below Black Panther which by its third weekend of release had taken over £35 Million, which means it will end up lower than the first movies £50 Million total.
The sequel has taken £27 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The new Disney animated feature has proved to be a bit of a non event as it lands at number 3 this weekend with a debut gross of £833,043.
This is way below the usual Disney standard and in comparison, Encanto, which came out when cinema attendance was still low due to the pandemic, made its debut with £1.7 Million at the same time of year in 2021.
This movie is going on to Disney+ and skipping cinemas in many countries, and will most likely be on the streaming platform before too long in the UK.
Starring Carey Mulligan, this movie about the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse case lands at number 4 on this weeks UK box office.
The movie takes £444,806 on its debut weekend of release.
Falling to number 5 on its second weekend the Ralph Finnes starring movie takes £429,522 on its second weekend, a drop of 54%.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of just over £1 Million after 2 weeks at the box office.
Based on the stage show musical of the same name, Matilda The Musical is given a PG rating in the UK for mild threat, comic violence
The movie stars Andrea Riseborough as Mrs. Wormwood who was previously seen in Amsterdam~2022 and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, it also stars veteran British actor Emma Thompson who is known for the likes of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Nanny McPhee
The movie is directed by Matthew Warchus who is known for directing Pride in 2014 as well as many event movie stage productions.
Movie Synopsis
Matilda, an extraordinary girl armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand against her oppressive parents and head teacher to change her story with miraculous results.
BBFC certificate breakdown.