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$0It was a battle for the top this weekend with the releases of Kung-Fu Panda 4 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire both released for the Easter weekend, but the animated take and Kung-Fu panda sequel won the box office with less than a million pound between the two.
Kung-Fu Panda 4 took just over £5 Million on its debut which is better than the previous movies £4.7 Million but not close to the original movies over £6 Million debut.
Godzilla and King Kong movies have always done well in the UK and the release of the latest blockbuster to star both monsters makes its debut at 2 this weekend.
The movie takes just over £4 Million on its debut which in comparison to the last released movie, Godzilla Minus One is far batter.
Last weeks number 1 movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire falls by 47% this weekend and has taken a total of £8.2 Million over 2 weeks, actually better than Ghostbusters: Afterlife!
Highest new movie this weekend
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.
Highest new movie this weekend
Two weeks at the top of the UK box office this weekend for Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania while Cocain Bear is the top new movie.
Also new this week is What's Love Got to Do With It at number 4 and Broker at number 8 with £150,178, while finally at number 15 is Joyland with £61,461.
No move at the top for the Marvel, phase 5, sequel movie to Ant-Man which takes £2 Million on its second weekend, a bigger than expected 65% drop over last weekend.
The sequel movie from the Shrek universe stays put at number 2 on its 4th weekend and takes £1.7 Million in the process pushing the movie to £20 Million in total at the UK box office.
Highest new movie this weekend
The highest new movie of the weekend is from director Elizabeth Banks, and the last movie that veteran actor Ray Liotta made before his sad passing last year.
The movie takes an impressive £1.5 Million on its debut but it wasn't enough to dent the powerhouse that is becoming Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish at the top.
A new romantic comedy from the UK which seems to be a recipe for success after the likes of Last Christmas and Four Weddings and a funeral.
This new movie starring Lily James, and the obligatory Emma Thompson takes just over one million pound on its debut.
Falling to number 5 this week is the sequel movie from the Magic Mike series which take just under half a million pound on its 3rd weekend of release.
Elizabeth Banks is the director of the new movie Cocaine Bear about a bear who consumes a very large amount of cocaine, the movie has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong gore, violence, drug references, language.
The movie stars the legendary Ray Liotta from classics such as Goodfellas and Field of Dream who sadly passed away last year and this will be his last movie, it also stars Alden Ehrenreich who is best known for starring in Solo A Star Wars Story.
The movie is directed by Elizabeth Banks who directed and starred in Pitch Perfect 2 and the 2019 re-boot of Charlies Angels~2019.
Movie Synopsis
After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Maverick director Steven Spielberg releases his much anticipated, and much delayed, remake of West Side Story which should have been an easy number 1 movie but it was released the same weekend as children's favourite Clifford the Big Red Dog and and the two had a mighty battle for the top spot!
Also new this week is a re-entry for the Christmas favourite Home Alone which gets another holiday release this year and enters at number 7 this week with £122,299.
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UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th December 2021
Director Steven Spielberg brings his latest movie to the big screen, his first since 2018's Ready Player One, and it narrowly hits the top of the weekend box office on its debut weeekend.
The movie which is baed on the 1957 Broadway show of the same name takes £1.297 Million over the weekend.
The movie had a tight fight with Clifford the Big Red Dog and in the end there was less than half a million pound separating them.
Landing at 2 this week is the children's classic animated TV show which here gets the big screen treatment with a large CGI dog.
The movie is directed by Walt Becker and stars Britains own Jack Whitehall, it took £1.293 Million over its debut weekend.
The Ridley Scott directed true life drama falls to 3 this week taking £779,973 on its 3rd weekend of release, a 48% drop over last weekend which gives it a UK total gross of £7.3 Million.
The Disney animated feature falls to 4 this week with £635,387, a 50% drop over last week, giving the movie a 3 week total of £4.2 Million.
Finishing off the top 5 this week is the Ghostbusters sequel which takes £585,505 on its 4th weekend of release, a 45% drop, giving it a £10.1 Million total.