UK Box Office Weekend Report 10th - 12th March 2023: Scream 6 is the top new movie and makes its debut with £3 Million over the weekend Scream VI makes its debut a the top of the UK box office with a £3 Million debut when including Thursday previews, on the Friday to Sunday chart it enters at 2 with £2,4 Million leaving Creed III at the top.
Also making its debut this weekend is 65 which is new at number 3 while outside the top 5 is Champions~2023 at number 9 with £376,816 and Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar at 9 with £194,217.
Highest new movie this weekend
A year after the previous installment of the long running Scream~1997 franchise comes the sixth release in the series which makes its debut with £3 Million which is the second highest of the series.
The sequel movie from the Rocky franchise falls to number 2 this weekend with £2.7 Million giving the movie a nearly £10 Million total.
The latest movie from Star Wars actor Adam Driver makes its debut at 3 with a debut gross of £1.2 Million.
The Puss In Boots sequel is still doing well on the UK box office and 6 weeks on the movie is at number 4 with a weekend gross of £902,867.
Starting its decent down the charts is the Ant-Man sequel movie from the greater MCU which is now 4 weeks on the box office and has a total gross of £18 Million.
Continuing the legacy of the Rocky movies, Creed III tops the UK box office this weekend as it makes its debut in cinemas.
Also making its debut on this weeks box office chart is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village which comes in at number 6 with just over £500,00 and Heaven In Hell at number 10 with £146,318 and finally Close~2022 at number 11 with £128,208.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its debut at the top of the UK box office is the third installment of the Creed franchise of movie, which itself is a spin off from the Rocky series of movies.
The series has got better and better with each movie and this one which is a directorial debut for star Micheal B Jordan makes its debut with kist over £5 Million.
Dropping to number 2 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top is the sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp which adds £1.4 Million to its UK total.
5 weeks on and the Puss in Boots sequel falls to number 3 with a weekend gross of £1.1 Million giving the movie a fantastic total of £22 Million.
Dropping to number 4 this week after making its debut at number 3 is the Elizabeth Banks directed movie about a bear who accidentally takes an overdose of cocaine.
The British romantic comedy starring Lily James and directed by Shekhar Kapur falls to number 5 this weekend after making its debut last weekend at number 4.
A second weekend as the top movie globally for Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania while Cocaine Bear makes its debut at number 2 and Jesus Revolution is new at number 3.
A second weekend at the top of the global box office for the sequel Ant-Man movie as it adds another $78 Million to its global total for a $363 Million total.
Highest new movie this weekend
Coming in at number 2 this weekend is the Elizabeth Banks directed movie about a brear on cocaine who goes on a rampage, it sadly marks the last movie from veteran actor Ray Liotta.
Faith based movie which gets a single country release in America makes its debut at number 3 on the global charts this weekend with $15 Million.
The Avatar sequel movie has now grossed well over $2 Billion at the global box office as it firms up its place at number 3 on the all time movies list.
As the Puss in Boots sequel movie that is a spin off from the Shrek movies speeds towards the $500 Million mark at hte global box office it falls to number 5 with $11.5 Million over the weekend.
A second week at the top for Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania as the new movie from director Elizabeth Banks, Cocaine Bear makes its debut at number 2.
Also new this weekend is Jesus Revolution which is new at 3 while there is also a new entry at 15 for Selfiee which takes $203,000 on its debut.
The sequel movie from the Ant-man series remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend with a gross of $32.2 Million, and with a total gross of $167.3 Million to date it is the top grossing movie of the series after 2 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Taking its premise from a true story this movie about a bear that snorts a lot of cocaine is the top new movie of the weekend making its debut at number 2.
The movie was never going to challenge for the top spot but good word of mouth means it has a chance to move up next weekend!
The faith based drama from directors Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle makes its debut at number 2 this weekend with a $15 Million debut.
Still going strong is the sequel movie from what is turning out to be one of the top grossing franchises of all time, and its had 2 movies!
The movie has taken a total of $665.3 Million at the US box office and is now the 9th top movie ever in the US.
The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise falls to number 5 this weekend with a gross of just over $4 Million which gives the movie a total of $173.4 Million at the US box office after 10 weeks of release.
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.