£38.1 Thousand
$0
$0This weekend, Friday 19th May 2023, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, for the number 1 spot?
Check out other new releases from around the world.
Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
This weekend, Friday 28th April 2023, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, for the number 1 spot?
Check out other new releases from around the world.
Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.
A year ago (2019) -
Making its debut at the top was Stan And Ollie starring John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.
The film with the longest run was A Star Is Born which had been on the box office for 12 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £49,958,709 after 12 weeks of release
Five years ago (2015) -Making its debut at the top was Tak3n starring Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker.
The film with the longest run was The Imitation Game which had been on the box office for 9 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £39,201,752 after 5 weeks of release
Ten years ago (2010) -The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40,991,797 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke and Isabel Lucas which entered the box office at number 3.
The film with the longest run was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which had been on the box office for 8 weeks .
Fifteen years ago (2005) -Making its debut at the top was White Noise starring Michael Keaton and Chandra West.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which had taken £35,612,127 over 9 weeks of release
Twenty years ago (2000) -Making its debut at the top was Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
The film with the longest run was Tarzan which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £25,453,243 after 7 weeks of release
Twenty five years ago (1995) -Making its debut at the top was Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,160,883 over 14 weeks of release
Thirty years ago (1990) -Making its debut at the top was Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen.
The film with the longest run was The Abyss which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,723,429 after 12 weeks of release
Although the anticipation for the new Disney film Moana is quite high its not enough to knock off the three time champion Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Fantastic Beast stays put at the top of the Uk box office for its third straight week with an amazing weekend gross of £4.4 million, this brings the films total gross to £37.8 million.
There should be one more weekend at the top for Beast before the Galaxy Far Far Away comes blasting in, but that should be enough to cement the film as one of the years top films.
The film still has a way to go before beating the lowest grossing Potter film which was 2004's Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban which made £45.6 million.
Highest new film of the week then come in at 2, Moana from Disney makes £2.2 million on its UK debut.
Compared to Frozen from Disney which came out at the same time of year in 2013 this is half its debut gross of £4.7 million hence we probably wont see this scaling those heights.
Also new this week is Sully at number 3 with £1.7 million, Pitbull. Niebezpieczne Kobiety at number 5 with £0.4 million, The Edge of Seventeen at 9 with £0.27 million and Bleed For This at number 10 with £0.25 million.
Highest total grossing movie this week is Fantastic beasts and longest run on the box office is Trolls which has been around now for 7 weeks.
Historical Charts
A year ago - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 stayed at the top for a third weekend while the top new film was Christmas With The Coopers at number 5.
Five years ago - Arthur Christmas went to the top of the box office for the first time on its fourth week of release while Happy Feet Two was the top new film.
Ten years ago - Bond stayed at the top for a third week in Casino Royale while the top new film was Flushed Away at number 2.
Fifteen years ago - Spending a third week at the top was Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone while top new film was Zoolander at number 2.
Twenty years ago - The Long Kiss Goodnight was at the top on its debut weekend, it knocked The First Wives Club down to number 2.
Twenty five years ago - Point Break made it 2 weeks at the top while top new film was Hot Shots! at number 3.
The Wizarding World has moved on from Harry Potter and a new era is here with Fantastic beasts and Where To Find Them, which this weeks predictably hits the top in America.
The film may not have hits the heights that were expected as the film makes its debut with with $75 million dollars (£60 million) but still is a fantastic debut.
This debut is no where near as big as any of the Harry Potter film, but to many that series of films defined the Wizarding World, but this new series has had better reviews so may last longer, Potter films tended to be front loaded.
Still doing well is last weeks top film, Doctor Strange, which only falls into second place this week with $17.6 million and a total gross of $181.5 million, this also makes it the highest total grossing film on the US box office.
Also new this week in America are The Edge of Seventeen at number 7 with $4 million and Bleed for This at number 8 with $2.3 million.
Longest running film on the box office this week is The Accountant which has been on the box office for 6 weeks and this week is at number 9.