After a 4 week run at the top of the UK box office The Super Mario Bros. Movie is knocked off by the latest MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, but its not all good news as the threequel does not take as much as the sequel movie on its debut.

With such a bit movie getting its debut the studios cleared the schedule for a couple of weeks to give it time to breath, there were a couple of other new movies though, Jodi was new at 9 with £88,045 while Return to Seoul came in at 10 with £75,273.

Meanwhile outside the top 10 2018 came in at 13 with £52,211.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th May 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Despite the hype, and generally good reviews the new Guardians of the Galaxy made its debut will less than that of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which is perhaps another sign that superhero fatigue is creeping in, something which director James Gunn has mentioned in the past.

That said the movie did debut at the top of the chart, knocking off The Super Mario Bros. Movie and is the 8th top grossing movie ever in the month of May.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £12,079,820 over its debut weekend
• It is the 8th top debuting movie in the month of May
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took £13,092,657 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

After spending 4 weeks at the top the Nintendo video game adaptation falls just a single place to number 2 this weekend with a £1.3 Million gross

The movie is the top grossing movie of 2023 so far and is looking to top £50 Million by next weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,309,546 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £49,062,732 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

The Evil Dead sequel movie seems to be pleasing movie goers in the UK as the horror movie takes nearly £500,000 on its third weekend of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £493,732 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,434,284 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £359,131 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

The British produces movie starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with a £336,519 gross.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £336,519 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £2,014,466 over 2 weeks of release

Going back up the box office to number 5 is the former number 1 John Wick sequel which has a total UK gross of £17 Million after 7 weeks of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £195,298 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £17,122,806 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum which took £10,203,138 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.

It will most likely be the last weekend at the top for The Super Mario Bros. Movie but the top grossing movie of 2023 so far spends a fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office pushing its total gross to over £45 Million after 4 weeks of release.

With the horror movie Evil Dead Rise staying at number 2 with a gross of just over a million the top new movie of the weekend is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton which takes £784,698 on its debut.

Also new this weekend is Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two taking £618,244 on its debut and there is a new entry for the 40th Anniversary rerelease of the much loved classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi at number 7 with £446,291

Maybe a little disappointing is the debut place for Polite Society which enters the box office at 9 with £220,278.

Finally inside outside the top 10 is Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World which debut's with £204,220.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 28th - 30th April 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £3,067,431 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £45,780,596 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,059,777 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,356,627 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £311,311 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £784,698 over its debut weekend

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £618,244 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £575,796 over the weekend, a 25% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,781,642 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023