The Timothée Chalamet starring, Oscar nominated movie
A Complete Unknown remains at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.
The movie takes a weekend gross of £1.6 Million on its second weekend which gives the movie a total UK gross of nearly £6 Million.
This weeks highest new movie if the Mel Gibson directed movie Flight Risk.
The film which stars Mark Wahlberg takes £811,232 on its debut weekend.
This weekend Wicked takes over from Inside Out 2 has the highest grossing movie with a release date in 2024 with £7.2 Million of its over £60 Million total taken iin 2025.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th January 2025
A Complete Unknown
- 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 £1,667,821 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,916,730 over 2 weeks of release
- It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of January
- The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
- The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,375,888 over the weekend, a 15% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £27,955,636 over 6 weeks of release
- The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took £69,064,201 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £874,513 over the weekend, a 19% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £23,333,229 over 5 weeks of release
- The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
- The movie is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which took £21,859,488 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
Flight Risk
The Brutalist
- The movie Is a New Entry At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £754,677 over its debut weekend
- The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2025
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- A Complete Unknown - £1,667,821
- Mufasa: The Lion King - £1,375,888
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - £874,513
- Flight Risk - £811,232
- The Brutalist - £754,677
- Nosferatu - £535,852
- Moana 2 - £524,450
- We Live In Time - £476,931
- Babygirl - £454,037
- Presence - £365,389
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