US release: 2nd October 2015
£23.6 Million
$228.4 Million
$630.2 MillionReleased in the UK this weekend, Friday, 7th January 2022, there are 2 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Spider-Man: No Way Home from the top of the UK box office.
Here are this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
On the UK box office this week Emily Blunt knocks off Renee Ren�e Zellweger as Bridget Jones is no match for The Girl on The Train.
Making its debut with just under £7 million The Girl on The Train is aiming for a similar target audience as Gone Girl which was released early October of 2014 and did very well.
This film which is also based on a bestselling novel has managed to come in £2 million higher despite reviews not being as favourable.
After 3 weeks at the top is it time for Bridget Jones's Baby to surrender the top spot and with a £2.9 million weekend falls to number 2.
The film cant be too sorry for itself as it has grossed £37.8 million so far and at the current pace will most likely become the most successful of the series.
Also new this week are War On Everyone at number 7 and Tristan und Isolde from the Metropolitan Opera which is new at 8.
Highest total grossing movie this week id Finding Dory with £41 million and longest run is The Secret Life of Pets which has now been around for 11 weeks.
Historical chart
A year ago - The Martian remained at the top for a second week while top new film Sicario entered at number 2.
Five years ago - Johnny English Reborn made its debut at the top of the box office with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy falling to number 3.
Ten years ago - The Devil Wears Prada was the new film at the top while Click slipped down to number 3.
Fifteen years ago - Moulin Rouge made its way back to the top of the box office after Artificial Intelligence: AI spend 2 weeks there. Artificial Intelligence: AI fell to number 2.
Twenty years ago - The Nutty Professor was the top new film on the UK box office, it knocked off Last Man Standing.
Twenty five years ago - Out For Justice debuted at the top, knocking off Terminator 2: Judgement Day after 7 weeks at the top, it fell to number 3.
It was half term in the UK last week and as often during a school holiday an animated feature hits the top of the video chart in a well times release by its studio.
This week its Hotel Transylvania 2 which makes its video chart debut at number 1 knocking The Martian down to number 2.
HT2 was released on 16th October 2015 where it entered the UK box office at the top with a first weekend gross of £6 million, a very good debut.
It saw a second weekend at the top the following week before it descended and in total spent 9 weeks on the box office.
Worth a mention is the original Hotel Transylania film which flies back up the chart this week to number 3 this week.
After just a single week at the top The Martian falls to number 2 this week.
Also new on the video chart is: Crimson Peak at number 5 and The Program at number 20.
Taking over at the top of the UK video chart is the Ridley Scott directed book adaptation The Martian starring Matt Damon.
The Martian was released to great reviews on 2nd October 2015 where it entered the UK box office at number 1 where it stayed for a couple of weeks.
It spent a respectable 8 weeks on the box office top 15 an slipped out of the charts at the very beginning of this year where is spent a couple of extra weeks.
The film is the 136th highest grossing film in the UK having make a total gross of £23.5 million and it is the 104th highest grossing film in the world with a total gross of $598.8 million.
It is Ridley Scotts 3rd best film and Matt Damon's second best film in the UK.
Legend falls from the top of the chart into second position this week.
Also new on the chart is: Pan at number 3 and The Lobster at number 16.
2015 is over and while Star Wars will try its hardest to dominate 2016, the film that grossed more than any other in 2015 was Jurassic World.
A total gross of $1.6 billion across the globe ensured that the continuation of the Jurassic Park series was as big a hit as the original was back in the 90s.
Second on the list is Fast and Furious 7, as well as fans of the series it seems everyone else also wanted to give Paul Walker a big $1.5 billion send off, RIP.
Avengers Age of Ultron was the 3rd top film of the year and late release The Force Awakens was 4th with the Minions finishing off the top 5.
For the first time in chart history the full top 5 made over a billion dollars each, still no film has made over $2 billion like 2009 when Avatar did this, although I wouldn't bet on The Force Awakens making over that in time.
Here is 2015's world top 10 grossing films