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 box office QuickView
- Number 1 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (1st Weekend)
- Highest debut - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (@1)
- Longest run - John Wick: Chapter 4 (7 weeks)
- Highest total gross - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (£49,062,732)
- Top Percentage change week on week - Exhibition On Screen: Vermeer the Blockbuster Exhibition 2023 (26%)
- Total UK top 15 this weekend - £15,260,723
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.
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
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