The spin off movie series from the smash hit TV series Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale hits the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend with an excellent £4.4 Million debut.

The movie follows two previous big screen adaptations which took just over £5 Million for the forst movie and just over £3 Million for the follow up Downton Abbey A New Era.

The movie knocks The Conjuring: Last Rites from the top after a single week, the movie has taken £12 Million to date.

Coming in at number 2 is the animated movie Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle which takes £3.4 Million on its debut.

This is not only 6 times the debut gross of the previous movie in the series but os one of the top debuts for an animated movie.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th September 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,464,393 over its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which took £641,878 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,806,296 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,351,371 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It which took £5,312,625 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £939,257 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,344,458 over 3 weeks of release

Check out the first trailer for upcoming movie Ballerina which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Len Wiseman
• It stars Ana de Armas (Hands of Stone) and Norman Reedus (Triple 9) among others.
• The movie also stars Catalina Sandino Moreno, Anjelica Huston and Ian McShane
• The movie is a spin off from the John Wick series starring Keanu Reeves.
• The release date in the UK is 6th June 2025
• While the North American release date is set for 6th June 2025

Synopsis for Ballerina

A Ruska Roman ballerina seeking retribution against a group of hitmen who murdered her family

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The Despicable Me series expands to a fourth movie, not including the Minions spin off films, and this weekend the fourth movie in the series hits the UK box office at the top.

The movie takes £8.8 Million on its debut weekend, which is lower than the previous movie in the series which took £11 Million.

Inside Out 2 falls from the top to number 2 this weekend after spending 4 weeks at number 1, the movie has taken a total of £44.4 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th July 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,225,169 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £44,485,366 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Inside Out which took £30,651,236 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,371,352 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £824,948 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £8,012,216 over 3 weeks of release

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie A Quiet Place: Day One which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Michael Sarnoski
• It stars Lupita Nyong"o (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and Joseph Quinn (Make Up) among others.
• The movie also stars Alex Wolff, Zay Domo Artist and
• The release date in the UK is 28th June 2024
• While the North American release date is set for 28th June 2024

Synopsis for A Quiet Place: Day One

In this spin off to A Quiet Place a woman fights for survival during an alien invasion in New York City.

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With Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Five Nights At Freddy's
• Freelance
• The Killer
• Miracle In East Texas
• Fingernails
• Pain Hustlers
• Suitable Flesh

Five Nights At Freddy's

• The movie is directed by Emma Tammi, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Emma Tammi also directed The Wind in 2019.
• It stars Matthew Lillard who also starred in Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015).
• The film also stars Josh Hutcherson who was last seen in 57 Seconds (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Freelance

• The movie is directed by Pierre Morel, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Pierre Morel also directed The Ambush in 2021.
• It stars Alison Brie who also starred in Spin Me Round (2022).
• The film also stars Alice Eve who was last seen in The Queen Mary (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Killer

• The movie is directed by David Fincher, it is the directors 13th movie.
• David Fincher also directed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2009 which grossed $127.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $328.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michael Fassbender who also starred in Inglourious Basterds (2009).
• The film also stars Tilda Swinton who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• David Fincher directed Tilda Swinton in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Miracle In East Texas

• The movie is directed by Kevin Sorbo, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kevin Sorbo also directed Let There Be Light in 2017.
• It stars John Ratzenberger who also starred in Tick Tock (2001).
• The film also stars Kevin Sorbo who was last seen in The Girl Who Believes In Miracles (2021).
• They also appeared together in What If... in 2010.
• Kevin Sorbo directed Kevin Sorbo in Let There Be Light
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Fingernails

• The movie is directed by Christos Nikou, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Christos Nikou also directed Apples in 2021.
• It stars Jeremy Allen White who also starred in Rob the Mob (2014).
• The film also stars Jessie Buckley who was last seen in Women Talking (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Pain Hustlers

• The movie is directed by David Yates, it is the directors 10th movie.
• David Yates also directed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2016 which grossed $234 Mil. in the US and grossed $814 Mil. globally.
• It stars Emily Blunt who also starred in Arthur Newman (2012).
• The film also stars Chris Evans who was last seen in Ghosted (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Suitable Flesh

• The movie is directed by Joe Lynch, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Joe Lynch also directed Knights of Badassdom in 2013.
• It stars Heather Graham who also starred in Wetlands (2017).
• The film also stars Judah Lewis who was last seen in The Christmas Chronicles Part Two (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 14 new movies released

• Baby Monitor - Tuesday, 31st October
• Dark Haven - Tuesday, 31st October
• There Is No Sanctuary - Tuesday, 31st October
• He Killed In Ecstasy - Tuesday, 31st October
• Nyad - Friday, 20th October - streaming
• The Marsh Kings Daughter - Friday, 3rd November
• What Happens Later - Friday, 3rd November
• Sound of Freedom - Tuesday, 4th July - streaming
• Fingernails - Friday, 27th October - streaming
• Rustin - Friday, 3rd November - limited release
• Quiz Lady - Friday, 3rd November - streaming
• Radical - Friday, 3rd November
• Priscilla - Friday, 3rd November
• The Persian Version - Friday, 3rd November