US release: 24th March 1972
Canada release: 24th March 1972
United States release: 24th March 1972
£4.5 Million $135 Million
$248.6 MillionThe 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.
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same weekend over the last 30 years.
Making headlines were Onward from this time last year, Rango hitting the top of the box office in 2011 and the classic Transpotting which was the bog movie of the week in 1996.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Onward starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt and directed by Dan Scanlon
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.4 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart and directed by Babak Najafi
Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.8 Million over 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Rango starring Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher and directed by Gore Verbinski
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £41.9 Million over 9 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Date Movie which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Syriana directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Kayvan Novak and George Clooney which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Brokeback Mountain which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £11.8 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £17 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Chocolat directed by Lasse Hallstrm and starring Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner and directed by Danny Boyle
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £18.8 Million after 10 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Godfather Part III starring Al Pacino and Diane Keaton and directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £9.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.
It's time for another catalogue film to hit the top of the UK box office as England comes out of lockdown and cinemas slowly start to open again, 231 cinemas made up this weeks box office.
Elf was first released in the UK at the beginning of December 2003, it never hit the top then spending 4 weeks in the runner up spot, exactly 17 years later the movie get to the top.
Highest new movie of the week is a new telling of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol while outside the top 5 Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular makes a debut at number 10, director Rob Savage's move Host is new at 14 and the re-edit of The Godfather Part III is new at 15.
UK box office Quickview.
Here is a breakdown of the top 5 film on the UK box office 4th - 6th December 2020.
After 17 years director Jon Favreau's festival favourite hits the top of the UK box office, albeit under strange circumstances, with a weekend gross of £48,244, a 97% increase from last weekend.
The big increase from last weekend is due to the increased number of cinemas that have re-opened, but the movie has taken a total of £17 Million since its release in 2003.
The Chris Columbus movie falls from the top this week with £36,878, a 93% increase from last weekend!
This pushes the movies total gross to £9.64 Million since its 1990 release.
Highest film of the weeks that is not a re-release is this animation from directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart which takes £26,171, a 94% increase over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £74,874 since its release 4 weeks ago.
Highest new movie of the week lands at number 4, a re-telling of the classic Christmas story, this time directed by Jacqui Morris and starring Simon Russell Beale and Martin Freeman.
The film takes £22,366 on its debut weekend of release.
Finally on the top 5 is the former number 1 movies which takes £21,952 on its 7th weekend of release giving the animated take a total gross of £1 Million, it finally made it over the Million line!
With cinema closures under the global pandemic continuing across the US which is for the 10th month disrupting the box office animated feature The Croods 2 stays at the top for a second weekend.
Top new movie of the weekend enters the box office at 2 in the shape of Mexican movie Half Brothers and All My Life also makes a new entry at 4.
Also making a new entry on the box office this weekend is the re-edited version of The Godfather Part II, called The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone, which debuts at 15 with $52,000.
US box office Quickview.
Here is the US box office top 5 rundown for 4th - 6th December 2020.
Second weekend at the top for the animated movie from director Joel Crawford starring Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds which takes $4.4 Million, 55% down from last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $20.3 Million after 2 weeks of release.
A Mexican movie from director Luke Greenfield is the highest new movie of the weekend making its debut at number 2 on the US box office.
The film took a very respectable $720,000 on its debut weekend of release.
The horror comedy former number 1 movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $460,000, a 42% drop from last weekend.
The Christopher Landon directed movie has now taked $7.74 Million during its 4 weeks of release.
New at number 4 this weekend is this romance from director Marc Meyers which takes $350,000 on its debut weekend.
Surprise hit of the year starring Rober De Niro falls to number 5 this weekend with $329,359, a 44% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $17.63 Million after 9 weeks of release, all in the top 5!
King Fu Panda 3 stays on top of the UK box office for a second week as not much of a challenge enters the market in preparation for an explosion this coming weekend. Panda 3 only needed £1.7 over the weekend in order to stay on top, although the threequel is behind the other 2 in the series at this point.
After 10 days of play the film has a total gross of just over £7 million, the easter holidays are next week so it could hold up well again, although Zootopia will bring major competition.
Highest new film of the week enters at number 2, 10 Clover Field Lane is an odd successor to Cloverfield, but not a sequel.
£1.6 million for the weekend is not a bad entry although opened to £3 million+, this will struggle to meet even that.
Also new this week is: The boy at number 5, High-Rise at number 6 and Kapoor and Sons at number 10.
Highest total grossing film of the week is Deadpool at number 7 with £36 million over a 6 week run.
Historical charts
A year ago - Home had a great first week and debuted at the top knocking The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel down to number 3.
Five years ago - Rango stayed at the top and in a very quiet week of new releases Chalet Girl entered highest at number 4.
Ten years ago - The Pink Panther was the highest new film of the week at number 1 knocking chicken little down to number 4.
Fifteen years ago - Enemy At The Gates entered at the top and it knocked Chocolat down to number 2 after a week at the top.
Twenty years ago - Get Shorty was the top new film of the week entering at the top while Trainspotting fell to number 3.
Twenty five years ago - The Godfather Part III remained at the top of the box office while Awakenings was the top new film making its debut at number 2.