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The UK box office came to a grinding halt in January of 2021 as the global pandemic took full grip of the country so there was no chart until the middle of May.

Once cinemas opened it was a slow start Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway coming out on top for the first few weeks, it wasn't until late June when Fast & Furious 9 was released that things started to hot up, then things started to go from strength to strength.

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movie of 2021 at the UK box office.

No Time To Die

The much delayed 25th movie in the Bond series finally got released at the very end of September 2021 and after a massive debut weekend where it took nearly £26 Million the movie managed to do what Tenet the previous year couldn't, it got people mack in cinemas.

The movie, which is still on general release got mixed reviews from critics, and has an ending with split Bond fans, but to date the movie has taken £96.4 Million over 12 weeks of release and is the third highest grossing movie of all time in the UK.

Spider Man: No Way Home

The last movie from the MCU universe to be released in a year when Marvel/Disney/Sony had a fantastic return to cinemas, and after all the hype and rumours about what the multiverse would bring the movie took a massive &pond;31.9 Million on its debut in the UK.

The film was released in mid December so it still raking in the cash as your local multiplex, and will most likely overtake No Time To Die with its total gross as well as be only the third movie in history to gross over £100 Million.

The box office had a slow start to the year with the shut-downs due to the ongoing global pandemic, but when they did re-open the public were slow to go back and there were many films released earlier in the year which under performed.

As the year progressed the public gained confidence in sitting in dark rooms with strangers and the year ended with the biggest movie of the year as Marvels MCU was the big outright winner.

This weekend, Friday 5th November 2021, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, No Time to Die, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Eternals
• Spencer
• Red Notice
• The Card Counter
• Finch

Eternals

• The movie is directed by Chloe Zhao, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Chloe Zhao also directed Nomadland in 2021 which grossed £2.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Gemma Chan who also starred in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
• The film also stars Richard Madden who last appeared in 1917 (2020).
• Box Office prediction: Number 1

Spencer

• The movie is directed by Pablo Larrain, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Pablo Larrain also directed Post Mortem in 2011 which grossed £3.2K in the UK.
• It stars Kristen Stewart who also starred in Underwater (2020).
• The film also stars Timothy Spall who last appeared in The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica (2021).
• They also appeared together in 9 Kisses (2014).
• Box Office prediction: Number 4

Red Notice

• The movie is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Rawson Marshall Thurber also directed Skyscraper in 2018 which grossed £5.1 Mil. in the UK and grossed $304.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Dwayne Johnson who also starred in Jungle Cruise (2021).
• The film also stars Ryan Reynolds who last appeared in Free Guy (2021).
• Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Free Guy (2021).
• Box Office prediction: Number 6

The Card Counter

• The movie is directed by Paul Schrader, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Paul Schrader also directed Patty Hearst in 1988 which grossed £40K in the UK.
• It stars Oscar Isaac who also starred in Dune (2021).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who last appeared in Here Today (2021).

Finch

• The movie is directed by Miguel Sapochnik, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Miguel Sapochnik also directed Hieroglyph in 2014.
• It stars Tom Hanks who also starred in News of the World (2020).
• The film also stars Caleb Landry Jones who last appeared in The Forgiven (2021).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 4 new movies released

• Mandelas Gun, Friday, 12th November
• Cry Macho, Friday, 12th November
• Mothering Sunday, Friday, 12th November
• Becoming Cousteau, Friday, 12th November

Holding a strong lead over the US box office this weekend Dune stays at the top for a second weekend while My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission is the top new movie at number 4.

Also new this week is Antlers at number 6 with $4.2 Million and Last Night in Soho at number 7 with a debut gross of $4.1 Million.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Dune (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (@4)
• Longest run - Free Guy (12 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($222.7 Million)

North American top 5 breakdown box office weekend 29th - 31st October 2021

Dune

Easily taking a second weekend at the top of the US box office Denis Villeneuve's vision of the classic sci-fi noval takes $15.5 Million, a 61% drop over last weekend.

The movie, which has just has a sequel green lit, has now taken $69.4 Million at the US box office on its way to $100 Million which it should have by next weekend.

Halloween Kills

It was the Halloween weekend and the namesake movie hanks onto the box office number 2 slot for a second week with a gross of $8.5 Million, a very good 41% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $85.6 Million over its 3 weeks of release which is looking good for the third part of the new trilogy, Halloween Ends, which is set for release in 2022.

No Time To Die

The latest Bond movie hald firm at number 3 with a $7.8 Million weekend gross, a very slim 34% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken $133.3 Million in the US over 4 weeks of release and is the 6th top movie of 2021.

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 4 this week with the Japanese superhero manga comic book adaptation.

The animated movie takes a very good $6.4 Million over the weekend.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Sony's Spiderverse villain movie falls to number 5 this weekend with a gross of $5.7 Million, a slim 37% drop over last week, giving the movie a 5 weekend total of $190.4 Million and the 2nd top movie of 2021 having overtaken Black Widow.

The long awaited release of director Denis Villeneuve version of Dune finally gets a release and hits the top of the box office on its debut in North America.

Animated movie Ron's Gone Wrong also gets a release and hits number 5 this weekend while Wes Andersons latest movie The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun makes its debut at 9 with $1.3 Million.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Dune (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Dune (@1)
• Longest run - Free Guy (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($221 Million)

North American top 5 box office breakdown 22nd - 24th October 2021

Dune

The movie got delayed by over a year, and after the failure of last years Tenet its wasn;t much of a suprise that Warner Bros. did, but this week the Denis Villeneuve vision of Frank Herbert classic sci-fi, impossible to film, book finally hits the box office.

The movie comes in with a weekend gross of just over $40 Million, potentially lower than expected as the movie is also available on HBO Max, altohugh as Halloween Kills has shown movies can do well as the box office even when on streaming the same day.

The film which stars Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson might have a short stay at the top but the response has been god enough that a sequel is almost guaranteed.

Halloween Kills

Hitting the top spot last weekend the movie was always destined for a single weekend at the top and this week takes $14.5 Million on its second weekend of release, a large 71% drop over last weekend, maybe dur to its availability on streaming?

The movie has now taken $73.1 Million at the American box office, and although the movie might get a boost next weekend as its Halloween we should see the movie sink down the box office quite rapidly now.

No Time To Die

Bond movie number 25 has not quite hit the same stride in America as it has across the rest of the world and this week takes $11.8 Million, a 50% drop over last weekend.

The movie has been on the box office for 3 weeks now and has a US total gros of $120 Million making it the 7th top movie of 2021.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

The superhero villain smash hit sequel falls to number 4 this weekend with $9.1 Million, a modest 45% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $181.8 Million, very good for a sequel and its running almost parellel with its predecessor, the movie is now the 3rd top movie of 2021.

Ron's Gone Wrong

The new animated movie from directors Sarah Smith, who brought us Arthur Christmas and Jean-Philippe Vine makes its debut at number 5 this week with $7.3 Million.