US release: 10th December 2021
£8.5 Million $38.5 Million
$72.5 MillionAs the new year rolls around Spider-Man: No Way Home remains at the top of the UK box office for a third weekend while Christmas release The King's Man is the top new movie at number 2.
Also new this weekend is Titane from director Julia Ducournau at number 9 and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain at number 11 which stars Benedict Cumberbatch which is his second movie on the top 15.
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Uk box office top 5 breakdown weekend 31st December 2021 - 2nd January 2022
Three weeks at the top now for the third in the MCU Spider-Man films which takes a quite staggering £6 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 24% increase over last weekend, but cinemas were closed for a day the previous week.
The movie is easily the second top movie if 2021 having taken £69.8 Million to date, it sits behind the Bond movie No Time To Die at year end, but the movie will in the long run most likely beat it.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the Matthew Vaughn prequel movie to the directors The Kingsmen movies.
The movie takes a very reasonable £3.49 Million over its debut weekend.
The movie about the large red dog remains at number 3 this weekend with a gross of £778,802, a large 55% increase over last weekend, this gives the movie a total UK gross of £5.9 Million after 4 weeks.
The fourth in The Matrix saga falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of £760,427, a huge 75% from last weekend, not a good sign for the Warner Bros. well hyped movie.
The films has a total gross of £5.2 Million over its 2 weekends of release, not that good, something has not quite hit home with this movie and it looks like its going to be a big flop.
Celebrated director Steven Spielberg's retelling of the classic stage show falls to number 5 this weekend with a gross of £397,792, a 47% increase over last week, this gives the movie a total UK gross of £5 Million after 4 weeks.
Maverick director Steven Spielberg releases his much anticipated, and much delayed, remake of West Side Story which should have been an easy number 1 movie but it was released the same weekend as children's favourite Clifford the Big Red Dog and and the two had a mighty battle for the top spot!
Also new this week is a re-entry for the Christmas favourite Home Alone which gets another holiday release this year and enters at number 7 this week with £122,299.
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UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th December 2021
Director Steven Spielberg brings his latest movie to the big screen, his first since 2018's Ready Player One, and it narrowly hits the top of the weekend box office on its debut weeekend.
The movie which is baed on the 1957 Broadway show of the same name takes £1.297 Million over the weekend.
The movie had a tight fight with Clifford the Big Red Dog and in the end there was less than half a million pound separating them.
Landing at 2 this week is the children's classic animated TV show which here gets the big screen treatment with a large CGI dog.
The movie is directed by Walt Becker and stars Britains own Jack Whitehall, it took £1.293 Million over its debut weekend.
The Ridley Scott directed true life drama falls to 3 this week taking £779,973 on its 3rd weekend of release, a 48% drop over last weekend which gives it a UK total gross of £7.3 Million.
The Disney animated feature falls to 4 this week with £635,387, a 50% drop over last week, giving the movie a 3 week total of £4.2 Million.
Finishing off the top 5 this week is the Ghostbusters sequel which takes £585,505 on its 4th weekend of release, a 45% drop, giving it a £10.1 Million total.
After a long delay hitting North American cinemas Steven Spielberg's remake of the classic West Side Story its the top of the box office on its debut weekend.
With such a strong new release there was little other new movies hitting the top 10 this weekend, National Champions from director Ric Roman Waugh made its debut at 13 with a weekend gross of $300,000.
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North American box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th December 2021
Maverick director Steven Spielberg brings his remake of the 1957 stage classic to the big screen, his first movie since Ready Player One in 2018.
The movie was originally turned into a big screen extravaganza in 1961 when director Robert Wise brought to the screen what is probably the most famous version of the classic Romeo & Juliette inspired story.
Spielberg's version makes its debut with a weekend gross of $10.5 Million.
The Disney animated movie falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 weekend spell at the top with a gross of $9.4 Million, a very small 25% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross after 3 weeks of $71.3 Million.
The Ghostbusters sequel sits on the top 5 for a 4th weekend, this week slipping to number 3 with a gross of $7.1 Million, a slim 31% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a fairly respectable $112 Million over its 4 weeks on release and is the 10th top grossing movie of 2021.
Director Ridley Scott's true life family drama falls to number 4 this weekend with $4.06 Million, a 40% drop over last weekened, giving the movie a total US gross of $41 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Hanging on to a top 5 placing for another weekend, the Chle Zhao directed movie from the Marvel Universe takes $3.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 21% drop, for a total US gross of $161.2 Million, it is the 5th top movie of 2021.
All eyes were on the much delayed return of Maverick director Steven Spielberg who's retelling of the classic West Side Story made its debut this week, but Disney's Encanto managed a very strong 3rd weekend to beat off the competition.
Meanwhile French comedy Les Tuche 4 from writer director Olivier Baroux made its debut at number 10 with $5.3 Million, an impressive feat considering its only released in France.
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Global box office top 5 breakdown weekend 10th - 12th December 2021
Three weeks at the top of the global box office for Disney's latest animated feature which take $23 Million over the weekend from 64 countries, a slim 31% drop over last weekend.
The movie easily beat the new release challenge from West Side Story and has a current total gross of $151.8 Million globally.
The new movie from Maverick director Steven Spielberg has been delayed by a year but its his first movie as director since 2018's Ready Player One.
His adaptation of the classic 1957 broadway show, and later adapted into a classic movie in 1961 directed by Robert Wise lands on the global box office at number 2 this week with $13.5 Million from 54 countries.
Although the movie got beaten by Disneys Encanto it is still to go as wide, although the top spot will be unachievable as Spide-Man: No Way Home gets its long awaited release this week and there is little change of this beating such a highly anticipated movie.
The Chinese only release from director Chi-Kin Kwok drops to number 3 this weekend with $14.6 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an impressive $51.6 Million over its 2 weekends of release.
Remaining at number 4 this weekend is the Ridley Scott directed movie which takes $14.1 Million from 64 countries, a good 34% drop on its third weekend of release giving it a $93 Million total.
Falling to 5 this weekend is the Ghostbusters sequel which takes $13.5 Million from 54 countries on its 4th weekend of release, a 42% drop, giving it a total of $164.7 Million.
A new trailer and poster has been released for the much delayed (pandemic related) retelling of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg.
Watch the brand-new trailer for Steven Spielberg�s #WestSideStory. See the film only in theatres December 10. pic.twitter.com/RhEt8SXi4R
— West Side Story (@WestSideMovie) September 15, 2021
The movie is a retelling of the stage show of the same name which was also adapted by director Robert Wise is 1961.
The new version stars Ansel Elgort amd Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria as the star crossed lovers.
The movie is set for release on 10th December 2021 after being delayed a year.
There is also a new poster which you can see below.