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UK Box Office Weekend Report 19th - 21st July 2024: Twisters makes its debut at number 2 but Despicable Me 4 is too strong to let go of the top spot

UK Box Office Weekend Report 19th - 21st July 2024:  Twisters makes its debut at number 2 but Despicable Me 4 is too strong to let go of the top spot
Despicable Me 4
Despicable Me 4 remains at the top of the UK box office this weekend for a second week despite the challenge from new movie Twisters which lands at number 2.

The fourth movie in the Despicable Me series stays on top of the box office with a second weekend gross of nearly £5 Million which takes its total gross to £17 Million.

This is very much in the ballpark of the series and should end up with a similar total gross.

Twisters, which is a spiritual sequel to the 1996 movie Twister lands at number 2 this weekend with just over £4 Million.

Comparing this to Twister it is above that movies £3 Million debut in 1996, adjusted for inflation Twister would have made nearly £6.5 Million.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Despicable Me 4 (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Twisters (@2)
  • Longest run - Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (7 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Inside Out 2 (£47,239,957)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Longlegs (-5%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £13,383,896
  • Also new this weekend
    • Bad Newz
    • To the End
    • Thelma
    • Crossing
    • Forrest Gump
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st July 2024

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £4,925,773 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £17,438,373 over 2 weeks of release
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of July
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Despicable Me 3 which took £19,578,208 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
Despicable Me 4

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It grosses £4,149,210 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is a sequel to Twister which took £3,044,033 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,547,817 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £47,239,957 over 6 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Inside Out which took £33,718,635 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,309,011 over the weekend, a 5% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,957,945 over 2 weeks of release
Longlegs

  • The movie Remains At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £447,907 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £9,019,395 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2024

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Despicable Me 4 - £4,925,773
  2. Twisters - £4,149,210
  3. Inside Out 2 - £1,547,817
  4. Longlegs - £1,309,011
  5. A Quiet Place: Day One - £447,907
  6. Fly Me to the Moon - £191,736
  7. Bad Newz - £165,463
  8. To the End - £147,981
  9. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £140,811
  10. Present Laughter: NT Live 2019 - £108,735
See full chart
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