The release of a new Ghostbusters movie should be something to celebrate, but with bad critical reviews, but better audience ratings, the movie comes in with a debut gross of just over £4 Million.
This is in the same ballpark as the previous movie, Ghostbusters Afterlife which took £4.3 Million on its debut.
Dune: Part Two falls to number 2 after 3 weeks at the top and has a total UK gross of £18.9 Million as it races towards the £20 Million milestone.
Immaculate starring Sydney Sweeney is also new this weekend with a debut gross of just over half a million pound and comes in at number 3.
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Dune: Part Two spends its third weekend at the top of the UK box office this weekend as its total gross raises to over £26 Million with a £4 Million third weekend.
This makes the movie the top grossing movie of 2024, it overtakes the other Timoth�e Chalamet movie from late last year Wonka.
With no major new releases this weekend the rest of the top 5 either stay put or change places slightly, with the top new movie coming in at number 6.
Drive-Away Dolls, a solo effort from diretor Ethan Coen, who normally directs with his brother Joel, lands with a debut gross of £278,082 .
The major studios have given the hit movie Dune: Part Two room to breathe at the box office as it comfortably spends a second weekend at the top of the movie charts.
The film took around £5.8 Million to give the movie a total UK gross of £19.3 Million to date.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the horror film Imaginary which takes £650,705 on its debut and lands at number 5.
Highest new movie this weekend
Director Denis Villeneuve brings his second part of the Dune~2020 story to the big screen, and unlike the forst part this movie doesn't have to deal with a pandemic and opens to just over £9 Million.
The original movie which was delayed until 2021 took £5.8 Million on its debut, at the time this was good for a movie after all the COVID19 cinema closures.
Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to second place this week after 2 weekends at the top, the movie has taken an excellent £4,2 Million in total box office grosses.
Madame Web hangs on for another weekend on the top 5 bit with a total gross of only £3.9 Million it will be one of the lowest grossing superhero movie in the modern era.
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The biopic Bob Marley: One Love remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend with a gross fo $13 Million which gives the movies total gross a boost to just voer $71 Million.
Highest new entry this weekend is the Japanese animated movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of $11.5 Million.
Also new this weekend coming in at number 3 is Ordinary Angels which has a debut gross of $6.5 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend