US release: 22nd July 2022
Argentina release: 21st July 2022
Greece release: 21st July 2022
£7.9 Million $123.2 Million
$171.2 MillionIt was a very slow weekend with no major new releases at the UK box office, and for the first time since the end of 2020 as cinemas started to close due to the COVID pandemic where no film in over the weekend took over a Million pound.
The top movie of the weekend, and the highest debut, is the event cinema Andre Rieues 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again from the famous violinist which easily beast the new Idris Elba movie Beast~20221 which makes its debut at 2.
Further down the box office there is a new entry for The Invitation which has been on limited release and makes its debut at 12 with £261,791 and Official Competition which also on limited release is new at 15 with £101,916.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Violinist Andre Rieu brings his summer concert from Maastricht to cinemas once again which gives the popular musician the highest debut and number one movie of the weekend.
In what is a very quiet period for cinemas and new releases the event cinema concert takes £798,706 on its debut.
This is of course not the first time Rieu has hit the box office but it is the first time one of his cinema events has hit the top of the box office.
The last time a concert hit the top was during the pandemic in the shape of Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together which took £175,778 in October 2020.
This has done better that last years summer concert which took, Andre Rieus 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again, which took £420,056 exactly a year ago.
The new movie starring Idris Elba makes its debut at number 2 this weekend with a debut gross of £600,259.
This is perhaps a little on the disappointing side for a film starring such a big name, the last film Elba was in was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and he has a cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness both of which are among the biggest movies of the year.
Elba stars in another movie released this weekend, Three Thousand Years of Longing, which has not gone down that well in the US so it will be interesting to see next week how well it does in the UK.
The animated feature from the DC Universe of movies stays at number 3 this weekend with a gross of £598,985, a 26% drop.
The movie has now taken £12.2 Million in the UK after 5 weekends of release.
The Brad Pitt starring movie falls to number 4 this weekend with £593,044, a 29% drop which gives the movie a total gros sof £8.1 Million after 4 weeks of release.
Falling from the top to this weeks number 5 the Jordan Peele horror movie takes £576,643, a 50% over its gross last weekend.
The movie has now taken £5.9 Million in the UK after 3 weeks of release.
Nope retains the top spot on the UK box office this weekend while the animated movie from Japan Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is the highest debut at number 5.
Also new this weekend is Fisherman's Friends: One and All at number 6 with £656,293 falling well below the £1 Million+ debut of Fisherman's Friends from 2019.
New at number 10 is Orphan: First Kill which debuts with £434,601 and new at number 12 is Thiruchitrambalam with £132,109.
Worthy of a mention is the performance of the years biggest movie Top Gun Maverick which despite having been on the box office for 13 weeks climbs back up to number 7 this week, from 8 last, with a 22% increase over last weeks gross.
The Jordan Peele directed movie hangs onto the top spot on the UK box office for a second weekend as the movie takes £1.14 Million, a very reasonable 38% drop over its debut last weekend.
It is the only one entry on the box office this weekend to take over a million pound, it is tracking slightly below Jordan Peele's last movie, Us~2019 from 2019 which had taken £6 Million on its second weekend.
The movie has taken £4.5 Million to date.
The former number 1 movie starring Brad Pitt stays at number 2 this weekend with £837,799, a very slim 8% drop over last week on its third weekend of release.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £6.8 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Remaining at number 3 this weekend is the animated feature from the DC Universe of movies from Warner Bros. which takes £811,276, a very slim 2% down on last week.
The movie has now taken £10.5 Million over its 4 weeks of release in the UK.
The animated sequel from the Despicable Me series of movies remains at number 4 this weekend with £753,073, which is more or less the same as last weekend take.
The Minions sequel has now taken an very respectable £40.7 Million over its 8 weeks of release, it is the 4th top movie of 2022 and the highest grossing animated feature of the year so far.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend lands at number 5 with the Japanese animated movie from the Dragon Ball Super series of movie and a sequel to 2019's Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Landing at number 5 this weekend with £663,290 this presence of this movie means there are 3 animated movies in the top 5 in the UK this weekend.
Remaining at the top of the US box office for a second weekend is the Brad Pitt starring Bullet Train while Top Gun Maverick climbs back to number 2 on its 12th weekend of release.
Highest new movie of the weekend is right down at number 10 as Fall~2022 makes its debut while Mack & Rita is new at 13 with $1,095,000 and ET The Extra Terrestrial gets a re-release and is new at 14 with $1,072,350.
Remaining at the top of the US box office for a second weekend is the Brad Pitt starring movie about the Japanese high speed train which take $13.4 Million, a large 55% drop.
The movie has taken a total US gross of $54.4 Million during its 2 weeks of release.
The movie of the summer is the sequel to the 1986 smash hit Top Gun and this weekend, on its 12th weekend of release, it climbs back to number 2 on the box office.
Part of he reason for this is the current lack of big new releases at the box office, this has given the sequel movie a chance to climbs back up from number 6.
The movie takes $7 Million this weekend, a small but significant 1% increase from last weekend which gives it a total US gross of $673.7 Million.
The movie is by far the top movie in the US of 2022 and as it keep climbing up the chart of top all time movies in the US it is currently number 7.
The animated DC Universe based movie from Warner Bros. falls to number 3 this weekend with $7 Million, a 37% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken $58.1 Million over a 3 weekend release period.
The fourth in the Thor series of movies falls to number 4 this weekend with $5.3 Million, a 30% drop over last weekend.
After a 6 week run the movie has taken $325.4 Million and is the 6th top movie of 2022.
The lastest Jordan Peele directed movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $5.3 Million, a 37% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total US gross of $107 Million.
This will be the lowest grossing movie from the celebrated director, but its good to see the movie break the $100 Million mark at the US box office.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Highest debut this weekend comes in at number 10 with the Scott Mann directed movie about 2 climbers who get stuck on top of a very tall mast.
The movie takes $2.5 Million on its debut which is a career high for the director.
New movies from director Jordan Peele are now an event and his latest movie, Nope, takes over at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.
Also new this weekend is the Hindi language remake of Forrest Gump, Laal Singh Chaddha lands on the box office at 8 with £325,000.
The mega smash hot Top Gun Maverick falls to number 7 this weekend with £405,000, a tiny 34% drop for a movie on its 12th weekend, but its worth noting that the movie would be number 1 with over £2 Million if the chart was measured Monday - Sunday.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Director Jordan Peele has carved out a very good niche for himself in the suspense horror genre and following Get Out and Us~2019 he lands at the top with his with his third movie.
Taking a weekend gross of £1.98 Million it doesn't quite reach the gross of Us~2019 which took £2.7 Million in its debut.
It also doesn't quite get to the £2.1 Million of Get Out from 2017, but with little in the way of strong competition going forward, and the hot weather in the UK this weekend this movie could have a longer run.
Critical reviews haven't been as good as the previous 2 movie, and although the movie has been enjoyed it is considered the directors lowest rating movie to date.
Brad Pitts crazy adventure on the famous Japanese train falls to number 2 this weekend with a weekend take of £906,000, a 68% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £5.1 Million at the UK box office over its 2 weeks of release.
The animated pet movie from the DC Universe falls to 3 this weekend with a gross of £830,589, a reasonable 32% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £8.2 Million over its 3 week run on the box office.
The former number 1 movie from the Despicable Me universe falls to number 4 this weekend with £754,416, a 32% drop.
the animated sequel to Minions has now taken a very respectable £38.6 Million at the UK box office over 7 weeks and although its gross is lower the the previous movie is is the 4th top movie of 2022.
The fourth movie in the Thor series takes £535,000 as it drop to number 5 on the box office chart.
It has now taken £34.6 Million over its 6 weeks of release and is the 6th top movie of 2022, it is also doing better than the previous movie in the series Thor: Ragnarok.
The new action comedy movie starring Brad Pitt Bullet Train makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.
Also new this weekend is Easter Sunday which makes its debut at number 8 with $5.4 Million and on limited release Bodies Bodies Bodies is new at number 15 with $226,653, from 2 cinemas.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Starring Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, based in Japan on the famous Bullet Train this action comedy enters the North American box office at number 1.
A debut gross of $30 Million makes it a reasonable hit, but the lack of any competition in the marketplace has helped it have a good debut.
The director is David Leitch who last movie was Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw which grossed $60 Million in its debut.
After making its debut at the top of the North American box office last weekend the animated pet movie falls to number 2 this weekend.
A gross of $11 Million is 52% lower than last weekend and takes the movies total gross to $44.9 Million after 2 weeks.
Jordan Peele's latest movie falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $8.5 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 54% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $97.6 Million
Number 4 in the Thor series of movies falls to number 4 this weekend with $7.7 Million.
Now on its 5th weekend of release the movie has taken $316.1 Million and is the 6th top movie in North America of 2022.
Finally on the top 5 is the animated sequel to Minions which takes $7.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 35% drop.
This gives the movie a total in the US of $334.5 Million and it is the 5th top movie of 2022.