Superhero movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stays put at the top of the UK box office this week making it four weeks consecutively for the Marvel movie.

Highest new film of the weekend is The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark which makes its debut at number 2 while also inside the top 5 is documentary Oasis Knebworth 1996.

The new releases continue with the much delayed The Green Knight finally making its box office debut at number 8 with £166,118.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (4th Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Many Saints of Newark (@2)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age and Space Jam: A New Legacy (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($18 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th September 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

The UK cinema scene is starting to show signs of a total recovery and the Marvel superhero movie has to date shown that people are going back into the cinema.

This weeks the movie takes £1.5 Million at the box office which is a 34% drop over last week, this gives the movie a total UK gross of £18.2 Million.

This puts the movie at number 3 on the top movies of 2021 and will soon overtake Black Widow and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway to potentially be the top movie of the year, although with the release of No Time To Die this weekend it may not get there!

The Many Saints of Newark

Released as a prequel to the TV show The Sopranos the movie stars Michael Gandolfini as Tony Soprano, the role originally played by his late father James Gandolfini.

The movie is the top new film of the week at number 2 taking £945,319 on its debut weekend.

Free Guy

Falling to number 3 this weekend is the smash hit movie which spends its 7th weekend on the box office taking £551,195, a very slim 17% drop.

The film has now taken £16.1 Million at the UK box office and is the 5th top movie of 2021.

Oasis Knebworth 1996

Directed by Jake Scott this documentary about the superband Oasis playing the legendary Knebworth in 1996 at the height of their fame is the top documentary at the box office in 2021.

The film takes £344,832 on its special showing in selected cinemas over the weekend.

Respect

The movie based on the life of Aretha Franklin drop to number 5 this weekend with £250,050 on its 3rd week, a 34 % drop over last weekend which gives the movie a total UK gross of £1.7 Million.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 24th September 2021, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Many Saints of Newark
• The Green Knight
• Oasis Knebworth 1996

The Many Saints of Newark

• The movie is directed by Alan Taylor, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Alan Taylor also directed The Wonderful Maladys in 2010.
• It stars Michael Gandolfini who also starred in Cherry (2021).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021).
• Box office prediction: Number 3

The Green Knight

• The movie is directed by David Lowery, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Lowery also directed A Ghost Story in 2017 which grossed £133.9K in the UK.
• It stars Dev Patel who also starred in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020).
• The film also stars Alicia Vikander who last appeared in Anthropocene the Human Epoch (2018).
• Box office prediction: Number 8

Oasis Knebworth 1996

• The movie is directed by Jake Scott, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Jake Scott also directed Welcome to the Rileys in 2011 which grossed £517 in the UK.
• It stars Liam Gallagher who also starred in Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019).
• The film also stars Noel Gallagher who last appeared in Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019).
• Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher have starred in 3 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Blur No Distance Left to Run (2010).
• Box office prediction: Number 7

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there is 1 new movie

• No Time to Die - Thursday, 30th September