New movies from director Jordan Peele are now an event and his latest movie, Nope, takes over at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.

Also new this weekend is the Hindi language remake of Forrest Gump, Laal Singh Chaddha lands on the box office at 8 with £325,000.

The mega smash hot Top Gun Maverick falls to number 7 this weekend with £405,000, a tiny 34% drop for a movie on its 12th weekend, but its worth noting that the movie would be number 1 with over £2 Million if the chart was measured Monday - Sunday.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th August 2022

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Director Jordan Peele has carved out a very good niche for himself in the suspense horror genre and following Get Out and Us~2019 he lands at the top with his with his third movie.

Taking a weekend gross of £1.98 Million it doesn't quite reach the gross of Us~2019 which took £2.7 Million in its debut.

It also doesn't quite get to the £2.1 Million of Get Out from 2017, but with little in the way of strong competition going forward, and the hot weather in the UK this weekend this movie could have a longer run.

Critical reviews haven't been as good as the previous 2 movie, and although the movie has been enjoyed it is considered the directors lowest rating movie to date.

Brad Pitts crazy adventure on the famous Japanese train falls to number 2 this weekend with a weekend take of £906,000, a 68% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken £5.1 Million at the UK box office over its 2 weeks of release.

The animated pet movie from the DC Universe falls to 3 this weekend with a gross of £830,589, a reasonable 32% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken £8.2 Million over its 3 week run on the box office.

The former number 1 movie from the Despicable Me universe falls to number 4 this weekend with £754,416, a 32% drop.

the animated sequel to Minions has now taken a very respectable £38.6 Million at the UK box office over 7 weeks and although its gross is lower the the previous movie is is the 4th top movie of 2022.

The fourth movie in the Thor series takes £535,000 as it drop to number 5 on the box office chart.

It has now taken £34.6 Million over its 6 weeks of release and is the 6th top movie of 2022, it is also doing better than the previous movie in the series Thor: Ragnarok.

The new action comedy movie starring Brad Pitt Bullet Train makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.

Also new this weekend is Easter Sunday which makes its debut at number 8 with $5.4 Million and on limited release Bodies Bodies Bodies is new at number 15 with $226,653, from 2 cinemas.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th August 2022

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Starring Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, based in Japan on the famous Bullet Train this action comedy enters the North American box office at number 1.

A debut gross of $30 Million makes it a reasonable hit, but the lack of any competition in the marketplace has helped it have a good debut.

The director is David Leitch who last movie was Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw which grossed $60 Million in its debut.

After making its debut at the top of the North American box office last weekend the animated pet movie falls to number 2 this weekend.

A gross of $11 Million is 52% lower than last weekend and takes the movies total gross to $44.9 Million after 2 weeks.

Jordan Peele's latest movie falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $8.5 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 54% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total US gross of $97.6 Million

Number 4 in the Thor series of movies falls to number 4 this weekend with $7.7 Million.

Now on its 5th weekend of release the movie has taken $316.1 Million and is the 6th top movie in North America of 2022.

Finally on the top 5 is the animated sequel to Minions which takes $7.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 35% drop.

This gives the movie a total in the US of $334.5 Million and it is the 5th top movie of 2022.

Taking over at the top of the UK box office this weekend is the action comedy movie Bullet Train, set on, as the name suggest, the famous Bullet Train in Japan.

Also new this weekend is the event movie Westlife: Live From Wembley Stadium which makes its debut at number 8 with £468,214 and Sita Ramam which is new at 14 with £35,403.

Top Gun Maverick spends its firs weekend outside the top 5 this week, but the movie which has been on the chart for 11 weeks takes £609,409 for a total of £77.5 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th August 2022

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Hitting the top on its debut weekend is the new action comedy from director David Leitch which stars Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Taking a debut weekend gross of £2.8 Million, opening on Thursday, it easily hits the number one spot.

In comparison it it is far lower than the directors previous movie, Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw which opened to over £6 Million but its in the same ball park as Brad Pitt's last movie Ad Astra.

After making its debut at the top of the UK box office last weekend the DC Universe based animated feature drop to number 2 on its second weekend of release.

A weekend gross of £1.2 Million is a 55% drop over last weekend and gives the movie a total of £6.2 Million.

Falling to number 3 this weekend is the animated sequel from the Despicable Me universe which takes £1.1 Million, a 45% drop.

This gives the movie a total gross of £36.7 Million after 6 weeks of release and is the 5th top movie of 2022.

In comparison the the first Minions movie at 6 weeks in its run this is lower than the £40 Million that film made in 2015.

The fourquel movie in the Thor series of MCU movies falls to number 4 this weekend with £938,257, a 51% drop over its gross last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £33.2 Million over its 5 weeks of release and is the 7th top movie of 2022.

The movie is tracking just ahead of Thor: Ragnarok which had taken £29 Million 5 weeks into its run.

Director Baz Luhrmann bio-pic to the King of Rock and Roll has been consistently on the top 5 now for 7 weeks and takes £737,844 this weekend, a 33% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of £22.6 Million in the UK and is the directors highest grossing movie.

Super-Heroes were the order of the weekend again, this time in an animated for as the DC movie DC League of Super-Pets takes over at the top of the US box office.

Also new this weekend is Vengeance from The Office star B.J. Novak which takes $1.7 Million on its debut and enters at number 10.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st July 2022

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Highest new movie of the weekend and the new number 1 movie is the DC animated feature which takes the top of the North American box office with $23 Million.

Director Jordan Peele's third movie entered the box office at number 1 last weekend but slips to second place on its second week of release.

The movie takes $18.5 Million this weekend which is a steep 58% drop over last weekend and this brings the movies total gross to $80 Million.

The latest in the MCU series of movies spends its 4th weekend on the top 5 as it slips to number 3 with $13 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken �301.6 Million on its North America run which makes it the 6th top movie of 2022.

Comparing the movie to Thor: Ragnarok which had taken $277 Million 4 weeks into its run this movie is ahead.

The animated sequel takes $10 Million over the weekend, its 5th on the box office, which is a 39% drop from the previous weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $320 Million, it is the 5th top movie of 2022 so far.

Compared to Minions from 2015 this movie is ahead of its $302 Million it had grossed 5 weeks into its run.

The biggest hit of the year so far as the Tom Cruise starring movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $8.4 Million over the weekend, a very low 18% drop for a movie which is 10 weeks old.

This gives the movie $650 Million in total and it is the top movie of 2022 by a large margin.

Compared to 1986's Top Gun, and adjusted for inflation, this movie is well behind its $235 Million ($95 Million actual).

Warner Bros. release their super-hero inspired movie DC League of Super-Pets this weekend to capitalise on the Summer Holidays and score a number 1 hit at the UK box office.

Also hitting the box office this weekend is Ek Villain Returns at number 12 with £128,493, Olivia Coleman in Joyride~2022 at number 14 with £64,824 and Fire of Love at 15 with £59,803.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st July 2022

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Making its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend is a movie inspired by the characters in the DC Universe of Super-heroes and their Super-Pets!

The movie stars the voise talents of Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Heart and it takes £2.6 Million on its debut weekend.

Falling to number 2 this weekend after taking the top spot for a second time is the Minions sequel movie which on its 5th weekend of release takes £1.9 Million, a 35% drop.

The movie has now taken a total of £33.5 Million in the UK which is just behind the original movie which had taken £37 Million in 2015.

The movie is also the 6th biggest film of 2022 to date.

The latest in the MCU movies falls to number 3 this weekend with £1,9 Million, a 37% drop over last weekend.

The fourth in the Thor series has now taken £30 Million at the UK box office after 4 weeks of release, it is currently ahead of 2017's Thor: Ragnarok which had taken £28 Million at this stage in its run.

The movie is currently the 7th top movie of 2022.

The Elvis Presley bio-pic from director Baz Luhrmann remains at number 4 this weekend with £1.1 Million on its 6th weekend, a very slim 11% drop over last week.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £20.8 Million making it the directors top grossing movie in the UK.

The incredible run of the Top Gun sequel has been unprecedented for a movie that was release over 30 years after the original, and it has found a new generation of fans and the studio must be looking at doing another movie, perhaps without Tom Cruise!

The movie has this weekend taken £981,129, a very slim 10% drop over last weekend which takes the movies total in the UK to £76 Million.

It is the top grossing movie of 2022, where it might remain if Avatar: Way of the Water doesn't spoil the party in December.

The movie is also now the 9th top grossing movie ever in the UK having taken over the 2019 version of The LIon King~2019 with an eye to go even higher on the list.

Comparing it to the original movie from 1986 is hard considering the gap in releases, but if adjust for inflation the £1.88 average price of a ticket in 1986 then the original would have taken about £49 Million at this stage in its run.