After only a week at the top Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu drop to number 2 after the viral horror idea Backroom makes a strong debut at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st May 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,660,970 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,329,181 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which took £39,435,355 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,763,682 over the weekend, a 1% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £48,019,081 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £875,712 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £32,144,914 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took £12,717,312 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

The long awaited re-telling of the classic 80's TV animated series and Dolph Lungren movie Masters of the Universe has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate fantasy violence, innuendo, language.

The movie stars Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man who has previously been seen in The Watcher In the Woods~2017 and this years The Sheep Detectives, it also stars Camila Mendes who has starred in Upgraded and Do Revenge.

Directing the movie is Travis Knight who has previously been in charge of Wildwood and Bumblebee.

Movie Synopsis

Fantasy adventure in which a man must return to his home planet in order to fulfil his destiny and protect his Kingdom from a tyrannical ruler.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Masters of the Universe~2026
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate fantasy violence, innuendo, language
• Release date: 5th June 2026
• Runtime: 141 minutes (2 hours 21 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Travis Knight
• Starring:
  • Nicholas Galitzine
  • Camila Mendes
  • Idris Elba

BBFC movie page

Bringing Star Wars back to cinemas with the popular TV show brought to the big screen as Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu tops the global box office on its debut weekend replacing Michael~2025.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th May 2026

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• The movie is release in 52 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $167,629,111 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which took $373,500,000 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $48,536,000 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $782,357,000 over 5 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 84 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $39,560,000 over the weekend, a 1% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $151,579,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 1 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $33,793,000 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $604,118,726 over 4 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 53 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took $373,500,000 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $31,317,000 over the weekend, a 26% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $73,989,000 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 46 countries globally this weekend

Star Wars returns to cinemas as Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu claims the top spot from Micheal~2025 this week.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th May 2026

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $81,960,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which took $177,383,864 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $22,400,000 over the weekend, a 23% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $52,784,010 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $20,010,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $314,220,189 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $12,593,000 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $196,118,726 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada which took $97,508,460 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $8,982,000 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $43,519,041 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2026

The first Star Wars movie since Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker was released in 2019 hits the top of the UK box office on its first weekend of release, although unusually hot weather in the UK give it the smallest debut of the series since Solo A Star Wars Story.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th May 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,781,990 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £44,292,051 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,284,749 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,953,954 over 2 weeks of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £835,968 over its debut weekend