Reviving the Alien franchise director Fede Alvarez takes his new movie Alien: Romulus, set between Alien and Aliens to the top of the UK box office.

The movie lands at number 1 with a £3.7 Million gross, lower than the previous movie in the series by director Ridley Scott, Alien: Covenant which took £5.1 Million.

Dropping down to number 2 this weekend is It Ends With Us which takes £2.8 Million for a total gross of £11.3 Million.

Inside Out 2 continues to do well and remains at number 7 this weekend with a total gross of £55.5 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th August 2024

• The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,834,201 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,384,454 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,393,213 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £48,418,795 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took £29,042,739 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,195,158 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £38,786,080 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took £39,340,830 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

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