US release: 25th December 2018
Canada release: 25th December 2018
Australia release: 26th December 2018
£3.2 Million $47.8 Million
$0The animated video game adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie makes its debut at the top of the UK box office with a £15.6 Million debut.
Also making its debut is the new Ben Affleck directed Air at number 4 while The Popes Exorcist is new at number 5.
Further down the box office Godland makes £42,854 on its debut weekend.
Highest new movie this weekend
Video game adaptations have not historically made good movie adaptation, and the box office grosses have not been good, but Nintendos flagship character Mario looks set to change that as it makes its debut with £15.6 Million.
The movie has not been a big hit with critics but paying audiences have loved the animated movie and if it be the fan service or the love of the characters this is set to be one of the biggest movies of the year.
In comparison Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020 took £4.7 Million on its debut and Super Mario Bros from 1993 took £2.8 Million on release, £3.7 Million adjusted for inflation.
After making its debut at the top last weekend the board game adaptation falls to number 2 on its second weekend with a 54% drop.
The movie has taken £8.2 Million after 2 weeks of release.
The fourth chapter in the John Wick series is at number 3 this weekend with a £1.2 Million gross on its 3rd weekend of release.
Ben Affleck directs himself and Matt Damon in this movie based on the shoe made famous by basketball player Michael Jordan.
The new movie starring Russell Crowe lands at number 5 this weekend on the UK box office with a gross of £707,050.
After bypassing a theatrical release, which upset a number of fans, the long awaited sequel Hocus Pocus 2 becomes the biggest debut for the streaming platform Disney+ to date.
The movie which is a follow up to the 1993 movie Hocus Pocus was released onto the platform on Friday 30th September and heads up their Halloween season.
The movie stars Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker who all reprise their roles as the Sanderson Sisters, a trio of witches who crave for the souls of children.
The original movie was not a hit on its release but has over the last 30 years become a massive hit raking up views over the October Halloween season each year.
It's a shame than the movie never got a theatrical release as cinemas are struggling for big hits at the moment as there has not been an event movie released in a long time, this would have had a £3 - £5 Million debut easily.
Disney seems intent on pushing its streaming service which new movies like this and its 150 Million + subscribers makes it one of the largest streaming platforms.
Thank you to the magical Hocus Pocus community for making #HocusPocus2 the #1 film premiere on #DisneyPlus to date! pic.twitter.com/mGRbScYHzf
— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) October 4, 2022
As Jurassic World: Dominion spends its 2nd weekend at the top of the US box office the new Pixar movie Lightyear makes its debut at number 2.
Meanwhile further down the box office Brian and Charles directed by Jim Archer makes its debut at number 10 with a first weekend gross of $198,000.
Spending a second weekend at the top of the US box office the Jurassic World sequel movie wich takes $58.6 Million, a large 59% drop over its debut last weekend.
This pushes the movies total gross afte 2 weekends of release to $249.7 Million on its way to quarter of a billion dollars.
The movie is now the fourth top grossing movie of 2022 in the US with just The Batman, Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness and Top Gun Maverick ahead of it.
The latest Pixar movie gets its debut in cinemas instead of the Disney+ streaming service which the last couple of movie have, and despite the mixed critical reviews the movie makes its debut at number 2 this weekend.
Taking $51 Million it is higher than the debut of the last Pixar movie to hit cinemas Onward, but that movie released in March 2020 when the country was on the verge of a national lockdown which effected its debut.
The movie has a tough road ahead considering the critical response and we could see this hit Disney+ sooner rather than later.
With a small 12% drop from last weekend the Tom Cruise starring sequel movie takes $44 Million on its 4th weekend on the box office.
This pushes the movies total US gross to an amazing $466 Million making the top grossing movie of 2022, and with the half billion mark achievable by next weekend this could remain the top movie of the year.
Interesting fact - the top 3 movies this week make the lion share of this weeks box office in the US.
The MCU sequel movie takes $4.2 Million over its 7th weekend which, a small 14% drop.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of $405 Million and it is the second top grossing movie of 2022.
The animated movie TV spin off falls to number 5 this weekend with $1.1 Million, a large 53% drop, giving the movie a US total of $29.7 Million after 4 weeks of release.
A Sequel 35 years in the making, Top Gun: Maverick has been given a 12A age rating in the UK by the BBFC for infrequent strong language.
The movie stars Tom Cruise who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Fallout returns as fighter pilot Maverick and Jennifer Connelly who we last saw as Chiren in Alita: Battle Angel.
The movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski who has previously directed Tom Cruise in Oblivion and also directed sequel movie TRON Legacy.
Movie Synopsis
After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Legendary have today officially announced that the Denis Villeneuve directed Dune will get a sequel, currently called Dune Part Two.
This is only the beginning... - - Thank you to those who have experienced @dunemovie so far, and those who are going in the days and weeks ahead. We're excited to continue the journey! pic.twitter.com/mZj68Hnm0A
— Legendary (@Legendary) October 26, 2021
Dune hit UK and US cinemas this weekend and has hit the top spot on both box office charts on its debut, in the UK it took nearly £6 Million while in the US it took over $40 Million.
A sequel has been touted for a while and with the success in cinemas, and no doubt its success on the HBO Max streaming service a sequel became inevitable.
The movie has been out globally for some time and has to date taken over $220 Million.
No release date has been given yet but a 2023 release is most likely. Legendary have given a very quick teaser image though.