Tom Cruise retains his lead over the UK box office as Top Gun Maverick retains its position at the top with a massive second week hold.
The Alex Garland directed movie Men is the top new movie of the weekend at number 3 while Vikram is also new at number 6 with £399,425, Major is new at 11 with £55,430, Prithviraj is new at 13 with £54,910 and the controversial The Lady of Heaven makes it onto the top 15 with £44,011.
The high flying sequel movie spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office with a jaw dropping second weekend take of £10.3 Million, a very small 35% over its massive debut last weekend.
This gives the Tom Cruise starring movie a total Uk gross of £38 Million after just 10 days of release which makes it the 3rd top movie of 2022, it will be the top movie of the year by next weekend.
The movie takes an amazing 71% of this weeks top 15 movies, down only a little from last weekend where it took 81% of the total box office.
The movie is out doing the previous movie even when taking inflation into consideration and at its current rate its not hard to imagine it becoming one of the top 10 movies of all time.
The MCU sequel movie holds onto to its place at number 2 this weekend where it took £1.15 Million, a small 16% drop.
5 weeks on and the movie has taken £40.7 Million and is the 3rd top movie of 2022.
Highest new movie of the weekend if the new movie from celebrated director Alex Garland making its debut at number 3 this week with £519,907.
There is a bug gap between the secodn and third movie this weekend and with a number of bug new released coming in the weeks ahead this movie could drop of the box office quickly.
The most successful video game movie in the UK goes back up the box office this weekend from 6 to 4 with a weekend gross of £456,187.
This is an increase of 39% over last weekend and gives the movie a total gross of £26.1 Million after 10 weeks of release and is the 5th top movie of 2022.
The animated smash hit movie goes back to number 5 from last weeks 7 with a gross of £403,176, a massive 51% increase over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £12.9 Million after 10 weeks of release.
It's all change again at the top of the US box office as 2 new entries are in the top 2 position, highest of the two is the new movie from director M. Night Shyamalan Old which hits the top.
The second of the two top releases is the new G.I. Joe movie Snake Eyes which come in at number 2.
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US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 23rd - 25th July 2021
The new movie from director M. Night Shyamalan makes its debut at the top of the US box office this weekend with a gross of $16.5 Million.
The famed directors top movie in America is still The Sixth Sense from 1999 and with the current pandemic and cinema closures it wont come anywhere near that, but his lowest grossing is The Lady In the Water at $42.2 Million and although a struggle it could come close to that!
The new movie from the G.I Joe series of movies is an origins film and comes in at number 2 with $13.3 Million.
This movie had a lot of hype and its perhaps a disappointment that it came in at number 2, but Old had good word of mouth and this movie got hit hard by the critics, and I dont think there was much of an appetite for it!
Falling to number 3 this weekend is the latest Marvel movie which this week takes $11.6 Million, 56% down from last weekend.
This gives the movie a 3 week total gross of $154.8 Million, and its the 3rd top grossing movie of 2021 in America but its maybe lower than expected, it has the pandemic to content with and it is also available on Disney+ with an extra fee, and it wont be long before its available without the extra fee, also Marvel are doing very well on Disney+ with WandaVision, The Falcom and The Winter Soldier and Loki all having been big hits.
Falling to number 4 from the top this week is the Space Jam sequel which has a second weekend gross of $9.5 Million, a large 70% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $51.3 Million and the prospect of disappearing out of the box office in the next couple of weeks, on a positive note it is the 8th top movie in America in 2021 so far.
The lastest The Fast Sage movie is sinking fast at the box office and this week takes $4.7 Million, 38% down from last weekend.
This gives the car movie a $163.3 Million total over 5 weeks of release, it is the top grossing movie in America of 2021 so far taking over from A Quiet Place Part II this weekend but this is most likely the last weekend in the top 5.
With the English box office still MIA and the UK box office relying on Scotland and Wales for a life line what movies were hitting the box office over the last 30 years?
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Last Christmas starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding and directed by Paul Feig
Top total grossing and longest run: - Joker which had taken £56.1 Million over 7 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Spectre which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £77.6 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - The Lady In The Van directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - The Martian which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson and directed by David Yates
Longest run: - The Social Network which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Despicable Me which had taken £19.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire starring Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint and directed by Mike Newell
Longest run: - Kinky Boots which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit which had taken £31.2 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - What Lies Beneath which had been at the top for 3 weeks.
Highest debut: - Little Nicky directed by Steven Brill and starring Adam Sandler and Patricia Arquette which entered the box office at number 3.
Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £14.9 Million over 8 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - A Walk In The Clouds directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Keanu Reeves and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon which entered the box office at number 2.
Top total grossing and longest run: - Batman Forever which had taken £21.4 Million over 18 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Darkman starring Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand and directed by Sam Raimi
Longest run: - Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Ghost which had taken £22.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.
The power of Bohemian Rhapsody was too strong for any new comers as the Queen film stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.
After the excellent £9 million debut last weekend there is no surprise that it manages a second weekend at the box office summit.
Posting a second weekend gross of £5.7 million the Bryan Singer directed film may not have been a hit with the critics but is proving to be popular with the paying public.
The films total UK gross now sits at an incredible £20.4 million after 10 days of release.
The Lady Gaga starring film is proving to be a bigger hit in the UK than many other parts of the world as the film spends another week at number 2 taking £1.8 million after 5 weeks of release.
The film which currently has the number single in the UK and the number 1 album has now taken £22.9 million.
Disney gets Christmas stared with the release of the popular story often performed as a ballet this time of year and it snaggs the highest new film at number 3.
The film takes a reasonable £1.7 million on its debut weekend of release.
The animated family film stays at number 4 this weekend £1.1 million which brings its total UK gross to £10.1 million.
Still holding strong at number 5 this week the film has a 5th weekend gross of just over £1 million which brings its total to £16.3 million.
Still hanging onto the charts as we enter the holiday season the film has notched up 15 week on the UK box office.
Further down the chart at number 9 is the new Simon Pegg starring movie which makes its debut this weekend with a £400,00 gross.
Another film worth mentioning makes its debut at number 3 this week in the shape of Mike leigh's latest which opens with £350,000.
This weekend the Freddie Mercury/Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody got its North American release and took the top spot with ease on its debut weekend.
Making an impressive debut at the top of the US box office the bio-pic took $50 million over its debut weekend.
The film is directed by Bryan Singer so wont come near to being his top film at the US box office as he had major success with the X-Men movies.
With such a good debut for the film we could see a far bigger total gross than studio expectations.
Second new entry of the week comes in at number 2 in the form of Disney new film based on the short story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
The film starring Keira Knightley and Directed by Lasse Hallstr�m and Joe Johnston takes $20 million on its debut weekend.
Completing a trio of new released at the top of the US box office this Tyler Perry directed film comes in at number 3 with a debut weekend gross of $14 million.
This film has turned out to be a bit of a slow burner as the Lady Gaga starring film spends a 5th week onside the top 5, this week at number 4 with $11.5 million.
The film has now taken an excellent $165.6 million at the US box office.
With the scare season over for another year the horror film takes a tumble down the chart from the top to number 5 this week.
An $11 million weekend boosts the films total US gross to $150.4 million.