Spending a second weekend at the top of the UK box office is the film version of the Musical Matilda, while the highest debut of the week is Violent Night at number 3.

Also new this week is Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat which takes just over £78 thousand at number 12 while at the very bottom of the chart we have Home Alone, a 30th anniversary release of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Elf making seasonal re-releases.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th December 2022

Soending a second weekend at the top of the UK box office the musical starring Emma Thompson takes £2.5 Million, a 39% drop from its debut.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £7.8 Million after 2 weeks of release, comparing it to the 1996 movie, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £11 Million on its second weekend and £30 Million in total.

Remaining at number 2 is the Marvel sequel movie to Black Panther which takes £1.5 Million, a 44% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of £29.4 Million in the UK, behind that of Black Panther which had taken £39.8 Million 4 weeks into its box office run.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debit at number 3 this weekend the Die Hard meets Home Alone horror movie starring David Harbour as Santa Claus and directed by Tommy Wirkola comes in with less than would have been expected.

The movie takes under £1 Million on its debut with a gross of £822,646, its still early December and this could see a boost as audiences get more into the Christmas spirit.

Disney's latest animated take falls to number 3 this week with a gross of £442,409 on its second weekend of release, a 47% drop over its debut.

This gives the movie a total gross of £1.3 Million at the UK & Northern Ireland box office.

This seems like bad news for Disney as the movie seems to be failing to pull in audiences, Encanto from the same time in 2021 took £1.2 Million on its second weekend for a total of £3.3 Million.

The Ralph Finnes starring movie stays at number 5 on its 3rd weekend of release with a gross of £334,430, a small 22% drop.

The movie has taken £2.6 Million in total in the UK.

This weekend at the US box office Black Panther: Wankanda Forever remained on top for another week while the top new movie was the Christmas themed Violent Night at 2.

Lower down the box office I Heard the Bells was new at 6 with $1.8 Million and HIT: The 2nd Case is new at 12 with $600,000.

New at 13 this weekend is The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie with $502,000 and finally Top Gun: Maverick is back in cinemas and takes $700,000 over the weekend to push its US gross to $717.3 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th December 2022

Spending a 4th weekend at the top of the North American box office is the sequel Marvel movie which takes $17.5 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.

This gives the Black Panther sequel a total US gross of $393.7 Million and is now the 3rd top movie of 2022 in North America having just taken Jurassic World: Dominion.

The movie is well below Black Panther which by this point in its box office run had taken over $500 Million but it only has just over $17 Million to go before beating Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness to be the top Marvel movie, and superhero movie, of 2022.

Highest new movie this weekend

Highest new entry of the weekend goes to the Christmas themed movie about a bad ass Santa who saves a family being held for ransom in their house.

The movie directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring David Harbour lands at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $13.3 Million.

Not bad for a Christmas horror based movie, in comparison Krampus from 2015 landed at the same time of year with a debut gross of $16.2 Million.

Disney's latest animated movie is struggling on the box office and this week falls to number 3 with $4.9 Million, a large 74% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken just $25 Million on its 2 week run at the box office, Encanto released the same time of year in 2021 had taken $57.9 Million 2 weeks into its run.

Jumping back up the chart to number 4 this week is the Ralph Fiennes starring fine dining movie which takes $3.5 Million, a modest 35% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total North American box office total of $24.7 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Finally on this weeks to 5 is the J.D. Dillard directed flying movie which drops to number 5 with $2.7 Million, a 69% drop over last week.

The movie has taken $13.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 2nd December 2022, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Violent Night
• Savage Salvation
• Emancipation
• Hunt

Violent Night

• The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tommy Wirkola also directed What Happened to Monday in 2017.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in War of the Worlds (2005).
• The film also stars Beverly D'Angelo who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Savage Salvation

• The movie is directed by Randall Emmett, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Randall Emmett also directed Midnight In the Switchgrass in 2021.
• It stars Robert De Niro who also starred in Brazil (1985).
• The film also stars Willa Fitzgerald who was last seen in The Goldfinch (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Emancipation

• The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Antoine Fuqua also directed The Replacement Killers in 1998 which grossed $19.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $19.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Will Smith who also starred in Bad Boys For Life (2020).
• The film also stars Ben Foster who was last seen in Medieval (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Hunt

• The movie is from director Lee Jung-jae.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lee Jung-jae who also starred in The Face Reader (2013).
• The film also stars Jung Woo-sung who was last seen in Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 8 new movies released

• The Whale - Friday, 9th December
• Detective Knight: Redemption - Friday, 9th December
• Christmas Bloody Christmas - Friday, 9th December - streaming
• Retrograde - Friday, 11th November - streaming
• Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - Friday, 9th December - streaming
• Emancipation - Friday, 2nd December - streaming
• Spoiler Alert - Friday, 9th December
• Empire of Light - Friday, 9th December

This weekend, Friday 2nd December 2022, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Matilda: The Musical, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Violent Night
• Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat
• India Sweets and Spices
• The Infernal Machine
• White Noise

Violent Night

• The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tommy Wirkola also directed Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters in 2013 which grossed £3.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $226.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in Snitch (2013).
• The film also stars Beverly D'Angelo who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat

• The movie is from director Debbie Flitcroft.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ben Cajee who also starred in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• The film also stars Justin Fletcher who was last seen in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• They also appeared together in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

India Sweets and Spices

• The movie is directed by Geeta Malik, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Geeta Malik also directed Troublemaker in 2011.
• It stars Sophia Ali who also starred in Walking With the Dead (2015).
• The film also stars Rish Shah who was last seen in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Infernal Machine

• The movie is directed by Andrew Hunt, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Andrew Hunt also directed Miles Between Us in 2016.
• It stars Guy Pearce who also starred in Rules of Engagement (2000).
• The film also stars Alice Eve who was last seen in Warning (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Noise

• The movie is directed by Noah Baumbach, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Noah Baumbach also directed De Palma in 2016 which grossed £2.2K in the UK.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Raffey Cassidy who was last seen in The Other Lamb (2019).
• Noah Baumbach directed Adam Driver in While We're Young
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• The Silent Twins - Friday, 9th December
• Emancipation - Friday, 9th December - streaming

There is never a time like Christmas to bring peace on earth, new movie Violent Night doesn't think so! The BBFC has given the movie a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, gore, language, sex references.

The movie stars David Harbour who was previously seen in Black Widow in 2021 and and the 2019 remake of Hellboy, it also stars Beverly D'Angelo who is most famous for being the mother in the National Lampoons movies, in particular that Christmas classic National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola who is best known for directing Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters but also directed The Trip in 2021.

Movie Synopsis

When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus must step in to save the day.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Violent Night
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence, gore, language, sex references
• Release date: 2nd December 2022
• Runtime: 112 minutes (1 hour 42 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Tommy Wirkola
• Starring:
  • David Harbour
  • Beverly D'Angelo
  • John Leguizamo

BBFC movie page