A very quiet weekend at the UK box office has Weapons~2026 remain at the top for a third weekend in a row with a £1.1 Million weekend gross.

The movie has become a surprise big box office hit and has a total UK gross of £8.6 Million.

Which much of the top 5 staying in the same place this weekend the highest new movie is at number 6 with The Life of Chuck taking £486,294 on its debut.

In a surprise move the Zach Cregger directed movie Weapons~2026 tops the UK box office ahead of the Disney movie Freakier Friday which lands at number 2.

Weapons~2026 opens its box office run with a very decent debut gross of £2.1 Million.

In a surprise move Weapons~2026 directed by Zach Cregger and starring Josh Brolin makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.

The movie takes a very good $42 Million on its debut after good reviews and audience scores.

After a couple of weeks at the top The Fantastic Four: First Steps drops to the number 3 spot and has a total gross of nearly $230.5 Million, the movie is not being the bog hit that Disney/Marvel were hoping for!

Coming in at number 2 this weekend is the 'strange it got a cinema release' Freakier Friday which enter the box office at 2 with just shy of $30 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th August 2025

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 grosses $42,500,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $42,500,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $29,000,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $29,000,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $15,500,000 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $230,412,709 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $10,400,000 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $43,409,480 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $8,375,000 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $33,009,738 after 2 weekends of release

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Keeper which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Tatiana Maslany (Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans) and Rossif Sutherland (Red Doors)
• It is directed by Osgood Perkins (I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House)
• The movie also stars Tess Degenstein, Birkett Turton and Erin Boyes
• The UK release date is 14th November 2025

Synopsis for Keeper

Liz and Malcolm travel to a secluded cabin for a romantic anniversary getaway. However, Malcolm unexpectedly returns to the city, leaving Liz alone in the cabin, where she soon confronts a sinister presence and the cabin's chilling past.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

If you live in London, England and are fortunate to be around the BFI Film on Film Festival you were in for a special treat on 12th June as the festival had the first screening of the original cut of Star Wars, the first showing of this cut since 1978!

The movie was significantly changed in the Special Edition version of Star Wars in 1998 in the run up to the first prequel movie Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace in 1999.

This was a very rare treat for fans of the series as the Special Editions, especially of this movie, have caused controversy over the year, especially the now famous "Han Shoots First" scene.

A brief history of this print of the film as found in various sources on the internet:

The BFI (British Film Institute) found the print in their archives and after contacting Lucasfilm about doing a screening they agreed.

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said she was surprise that the print existed, but agreed to the screening as she thinks it is a valuable artifact in historical cinema.

Kennedy presented the showing to prove it was a legal copy!

As explained by the BFI

"In these very special screenings, we present the film exactly as experienced by audiences on its original 1977 release. Screening from one of the precious handful of dye transfer IB Technicolor prints produced uniquely for the first British release, and preserved in the BFI National Archive"

Lets hope this sentiment to the original cut goes that bit further and, as the whole trilogy is owned by Disney since the buyout of Fox, it gets a 4K remastered home release, as well as Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Return of the Jedi.