US release: 6th August 2021
Belgium release: 28th July 2021
Switzerland release: 28th July 2021
£14.2 Million $55.8 Million
$167.4 MillionThe DC superhero movie Black Adam remains at the top of the North American box office for a 3rd weekend while the top new movie of the week is the animated sequel One Piece Film: Red
Spending a third week at the top of the North American box office is the Dwayne Johnson starring superhero movie which grosses $18.2 Million which is a 33% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $137.1 Million after 3 weeks of release which makes it the 10th top movie of 2022.
The movie is doing well for the DC Universe and Warner Bros. with a good 3rd weekend hold over and its currently beating the previous film in the series The Suicide Squad although that movie did get released during the pandemic.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the Japanese animated sequel which enters the North American box office with a gross of $9.3 Million.
The movie is a sequel to One Piece Stampede which was released from 2019 which took $770,755 on its debut in October 2019.
The movie was released in Japan in August of this year when it took over $16 Million on its debut and has made $120 Million to date.
The George Clooney and Julia Roberts romantic comedy falls to number 3 this weekend with $8.5 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a small 13% drop over last weekend.
The movie has out preformed what expectations were for the movie and has to date taken an amazing $46.7 Million.
The biggest horror movie of the year remains at number 4 this weekend with a gross of $3.9 Million, a small 27% drop over last weekend.
Now on its 6th weekend of release the movie has taken a total gross of $99 Million in North America as it pushes to the $100 Million milestone.
Falling to number 5 this weekend is the top new movie last weekend with a gross of $3.8 Million, a 46% drop, giving it a 2 week gross of $13.6 Million.
Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 22nd October 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace No Time to Die 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.
Marvel kicked off a new franchise this weekend with an incredible weekend box office as Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings makes its UK debut at the top of the chart.
Also new this weekend was Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins which made its debut at number 10 with £122,897 and Annette which is new at number 12 with £86,670.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 3rd - 5th September 2021
A new movie and a new franchise launch from the Disney/Marvel crew as the kung-fu fighting Chang-Chi tops the UK box office with £5.7 Million.
This is only a slither lower than fellow Marvel movie Black Widow which debuted earlier in the year after many delays to nearly £7 Million.
The future looks promising for the movie with little in the way of high profile movies coming out in the coming weeks.
The sleeper hit from director Shawn Levy falls to number 2 this weekend after a trio of weeks at the top with a weekend gross of £956,248, a 41% drop.
The movie which has been on the box office for 4 weeks not has taken £13.3 Million and is the 5th top movie of 2021.
The horror remake falls to number 3 this weekend with £754,097, a decent 32% drop over last weekend, taking the movies 2 weekend gross to £2.9 Million.
Falling to number 4 this weekend is the children's hit movie which takes £465,037 on its 4th weekend, a 17% drop from last weekend, which takes its total gross to an excellent £6.8 Million.
The Disney hit adventure movie stays at number 5 this weekend with £205,762, a 46% drop from last weekend.
The movie has now taken £13.8 Million over 6 weeks of release and is the 7th top movie of 2021.
The UK box office didn't get started in 2021 until 24th May so the summer season is the first season of the year to get any results from ticket sales after the last box office chart being 25th December 2020 and Wonder Woman 1984 topping that chart.
The top movie of the summer got off to a flying start which was Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and it took £4 Million the weekend cinemas re-opened.
The sequel movie directed by Will Gluck and starring James Corden as Peter was the top movie in the country for the first weekend audiences were allowed back into cinemas and it hung around for 12 weeks and has to date taken over £20 Million.
The much delayed Black Widow finally got a release on 23rd July 2021 and topped the box office for 3 weeks.
The movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh was on the UK top 15 for 15 weekend and has to date grossed over £18 Million and is the second top movie of 2021.
The Fast Saga was back this year with Fast & Furious 9 which was released at the end of June and topped the box office for a couple of weeks.
The movie has taken over £16 Million in the UK and is the third top movie of summer 2021.
There was a lot of hype around the James Gunn adaptation of The Suicide Squad which was released in late July and topped the box office on its release and the following weekend.
A 6 week UK box office run saw it gross £13 Million and is the fourth top in the UK over the summer of 2021.
A bit of a sleeper hit was the fifth top movie of the summer as Ryan Reynolds Free Guy which topped the box office in mid August for 3 weeks and has taken over £13 Million so far.
The movie is still on the box office as we go into the autumn and only got knocked off the top of the UK box office this last weekend by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The top 10 movies of Summer 2021 looks like this.
The sleeper hit movie of the summer, Free Guy, kept a challenge from newcomer Candyman away with ease this weekend to remain at the top of the UK box office charts.
The horror movie retelling was the top new movie of the weekend at at number 2 while Andre Rieu's 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again concert film made an impressive new entry at number 4.
Also new this week were Our Ladies at number 12 with £124,295 and The Nest at number 13 with £121,186.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 27th - 29th August 2021
The Ryan Reynold starring movie spends a third straight weekend at the top of the UK box office despite a challenge from the highly hyped retelling of the Candyman movie.
The video game inspired action movie took £1.6 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, again having a slim 29% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £10.6 Million at the UK box office and has climbed to number 8 on the top movie of 2021 in the UK.
The retelling of the 1992 movie Candyman from director Nia DaCosta makes its box office debut at number 2 this weekend with £1.1 Million.
Figures for the box office are hard to come by but the original movie made its debut with a similar figure back in March of 1993. its nearly 30 years later and the world is still in the midst of a pandemic so comparisons are unfair.
The kids TV show favourite on the bog screen falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of £563,145, a 45% drop over the previous weekend.
The movie has now taken £5.6 Million over its 3 weeks of release and is actually the 12 top movie of 2021.
The Dutch violinist known as "King of the Waltz" has a solid fan base and his cinema events concert have alway done well in the UK, especially his Christmas ones which can bring in a few million at the box office.
This latest summer concert of his makes its box office debut at number 4 this weekend with £420,056.
Disney's action movie based on a theme park ride drops to number 5 this weekend with £402,715, 38% down on last weekend, for a 5 week total of £10.9 Million and the 7th top movie of 2021 in the UK.