US release: 22nd December 2021
Portugal release: 1st December 2021
Hungary release: 2nd December 2021
£36.9 Million $162.8 Million
$406 MillionBatman spends a 3rd weekend at the top of the global box office while Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie climbs back to number 3 and animated movie The Bad Guys is the top new film of the weekend.
X is also a new entry at number 7 with $7.9 Million from 5 countries and Ambulance is also new with $4.3 Million from 35 countries.
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World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th March 2022
Spending a third weekend at the top of the global box office this week for the caped crusader starring Robert Pattinson as the movie takes $85.9 Million from 77 countries, a 35% drop over last weekend, and this marks the movies first week of release in China.
This pushes the movies total global gross to over the half a billion threshold to $598 Million, which means it is still the second highest movie of 2022 behind The Battle At Lake Changjin II but it should take that movie by next weekend.
There is still no serious competition for the superhero movie until Morbius is released at the end of march so next weekend should see the movie continue at the top
The Tom Holland starring video game adaptation goes back up to number 2 on its 6th weekend of release with a weekend total of $27 Million from 58 countries, a 24% drop over last weekend.
Having now taken $337.2 globally the Ruben Fleischer directed film is the 5th top grossing movie of 2022.
This Japanese animated manga movie as first released in Japan at the tale end of 2021 where is was a smash hit, this weekend it got released in a few more countries, including some of Europe and America, which has pushed the film back to number 3 on the global box office.
Released now in 10 countries the movie grosses $22 Million giving it a total global gross of $144.6 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend is this animated tale directed by Pierre Perifel and starring Sam Rockwell and Awkwafina.
Released in 25 countries the film takes $8.4 Million over the weekend and is new at number 4.
The animated smash hit movie climbs back to number 5 on its 13th weekend of release taking $7.5 Million from 69 countries, a 40% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $376.4 Million global total.
The Batman stays at hte top of the UK box office for a second weekend as its weekend gross drops 45% but it still far out grosses the rest of the top 15 again.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the event movie BTS Permission to Dance On Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing which comes in at number 3 while Indian movie Radhe Shyam is also new at number 9 with £186,705.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 11th - 13th March 2022
Spending a second weekend at the top of the UK box office is the DC Universe movie directed by Matt reeves and starring Robert Pattinson as The Dark Knight which takes £7.2 Million, a 45% drop over last weekend.
The movie takes 61% of the weekend box office top 15 takings and is the second top movie of 2022 so far, there is a chance it will take the top spot of the year by next weekend.
The Tom Holland starring video game adaptation remains at number 2 for a second weekend with just ave a million pound, a very good 21% drop over last week.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £21 Million after 5 weeks and making it the 4th top movie of 2022.
Highest new movie of the weekend is an event movie from super group BTS which this weekend lands at number 3 with £899,126.
The band were previously on the UK box office in 2018 with their concert movie Love Yourself In Seoul: BTS World Tour 2019 which was a top 10 hit for a weekend with a gross of £518,809.
The mega smash hit animated sequel falls to number 4 this weekend with £819,153 on its 7th weekend, a 21% drop, giving the movie a total UK gross of £31 Million and making it the top movie of 2022 so far.
The Roger Michell directed movie falls to number 5 on its 5th weekend of release with £500,749, a 27% drop, giving it a new total gross of £3.8 Million.
The long awaited release of director Matt Reeves vision of the caped crusader finally happened this weekend after a couple of delays and The Batman hit number 1 on its debut.
Also making its debut us Ali & Ava which enters at number 9 with a debut gross of ¤106,133, and The Godfather Part II re-enters at number 13 after the 25th Anniversary of the original The Godfather.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 4th - 6th March 2022
As expected the country went crazy for the first solo Batman movie in a while, and the reviews were very favourable for Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader.
The movie made its debut with a weekend gross of £13.5 Million, this makes it the 50th top opening weekend ever in the UK.
It will no doubt get into the top grossing movie of all time in the UK but until then it is at least the 5th top grossing movie of 2022 on its debut with the possibility of jumping into the top 3 by next weekend.
The road ahead looks good until the end of March/beginning of April when there is a double big release of Morbius and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Tom Holland drops to number 2 this weekend with the video game adaptation which spent 3 weeks at number 1, this week it takes £1.3 Million, a hefty 57% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross in the UK of £20 Million and its the third top movie of 2022.
The movie also takes the honor this weekend of the highest grossing movie based on a video game, taking over from Sonic the Hedgehog.
The mega smash animated sequel this weekend takes £1.03 Million as it drops to number 3, a big 61% drop on its 6th weekend of release.
It has now taken £30 Million in the UK as marks a new milestone in box office takings, it also is the top grossing movie, so far, of 2022.
One last honor it takes this weekend, it surpasses the total gross of the original Sing which took £28.9 Million in 2017.
Falling ot number 4 this weekend is the true life dramatic comedy starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren which takes £682,096 on its second weekend, a 31% drop, for a total of £2.7 Million.
Dropping to number 5 is the Kenneth Branagh directed Hercule Poirot mystery which takes £283,550 after 4 weeks, a big 63% drop, for a £7.1 Million total.
The Duke starring British powerhouses Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren is the top new movie of the weekend at number 3 while the video game adaptation Uncharted remains at the top for a third consecutive weekend.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 25th - 27th February 2022
Three weeks on and the Tom Holland movie adaptation of the popular video game of the same name directed by Ruben Fleischer is still the number 1 movie in the UK.
This weekend the film takes £3 Million which is an incredibly slim 18% drop from last weekend which gives the movie a total UK gross of £18 Million.
The movie is now the 3rd top movie of 2022 so far.
The incredible success of the animated sequel from director Garth Jennings keeps the movie at number 2 this weekend with a £2.6 Million weekend gross.
After 5 weeks of release this is an amazing 15% drop over last weekend, helped most likely by the half term week in the UK.
The movie has now taken £29 Million in the UK and is the top grossing film so far in 2022, it is also a slither away from outgrossing the 2017 original Sing.
Director Roger Michell brings to the screen this true life drama starring the UK acting powerhouse of Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.
The movie makes its UK box office debut at number 3 this weekend with £992,659.
Still pulling in audiences is the Kenneth Branagh murder mystery adaptation which this week drop a single place to number 4 with £764,438 from its 3rd weekend of release, a 43% drop, giving the movie a £6 Million total and the 6th top movie of 2022.
Dropping to number 5 on its second weekend the Channing Tatum starring movie takes £650,852, a 21% drop, giving it a total UK gross of £2.1 Million.
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg spend a second weekend at the top of the UK box office as Uncharted makes it 2 weeks at the top.
Highest new movie is the weekend is the Channing Tatum starring Dog while at the bottom of the top 15 is Aaraattu from directors B. Unnikrishnan and Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz which takes £65,000 on its debut.
Also worth noting this weekend is that Spider-Man: No Way Home has overtaken Avatar as the 5th top movie ever in the UK and is only a stones throw from Spectre at number 4, and could overtake it by next weekend.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th February 2022
The video game adaptation is proving to be a big hit in the UK as the movie spends a second weekend at the top of the box office with a weekend gross of £3.7 Million, a slim 20% drop over last weekend.
It is now the 4th top movie of 2022 with a total gross of £12.3 Million and further pushes star Tom Holland to be the most bankable star of the moment, in fact his movie have pulled in a total of nearly half a billion pounds at the UK box office.
In comparison the last Tomb Raider movie released in 2019 took just over £7 Million at the UK box office.
The animated sequel continues to do well at the UK box office and this week remains at number 2 with £3.1 Million, an almost non-existent 2% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £23.3 Million over its 4 week run in the UK and although it is the second top movie of 2022 this weekend it will most likely overtake Spider-Man: No Way Home by next weekend to be the top movie of the year, so far.
The fist Kenneth Branagh movie on the box office top 5 this weekend with a weekend gross of £1.3 Million, 29% down on last weekend, pushing the movies total to £4.7 Million.
Top new movie of the weekend has Canning Tatum team up with a American war veteran dog and the couple travel across America in this action comedy.
The movie takes £822,122 on its debut at number 4 this weekend.
The second Kenneth Branagh movie on the top 5 as the Oscar nominated movie falls to number 5 this weekend with £756,381 on its 5th weekend, a 28% drop.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £12.9 Million and makes it the 3rd top movie of 2022.