£2.3 Thousand
$0
$0Dune: Part Two spends its third weekend at the top of the UK box office this weekend as its total gross raises to over £26 Million with a £4 Million third weekend.
This makes the movie the top grossing movie of 2024, it overtakes the other Timoth�e Chalamet movie from late last year Wonka.
With no major new releases this weekend the rest of the top 5 either stay put or change places slightly, with the top new movie coming in at number 6.
Drive-Away Dolls, a solo effort from diretor Ethan Coen, who normally directs with his brother Joel, lands with a debut gross of £278,082 .
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.
Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.
The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.
Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.
Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.
James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.
The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.
The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.
The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots
Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.
Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.
The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.
Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.
Highest new movie this weekend
Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.
The man is a legend in the Star Wars universe but Harrison Ford wasn't at the Star Wars Celebration conference to talk Star Wars, he was there to talk Indiana Jones.
During the pre-conference show the actor who is best known to Star Wars fans for playing the legendary Han Solo took to the stage to reveal the first image from the new James Mangold directed movie.
He was also there to say happy 90th birthday to composer John Williams who was on hand with an orchestra, the legendary composer is not only responsible for composing the Star Wars theme but also the theme for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first movie to feature the Indiana Jones character.
The fifth movie in the series is set for a June 30th 2023 release, it is directed by James Mangold who takes over from series director Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford reprises his role as the title character.
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.
UK box office QuickView
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.