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UK Box Office Weekend Report 10th - 12th September 2021: Shang-Chi remains at the top of the UK box office with Respect making its debut at 3

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remained at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend sweeping away any challenge for the top by quite a large margin with the film at number 2 taking 7 times less than the super hero movie.

Highest new movie of the week is the bio-pic of Aretha Franklin Respect starring Jennifer Hudson which comes in at number 3 and Conjuring director James Wan brings his new movie Malignant in at number 5.

Further down the chart Copshop is new at 7 with £198,225 on its debut and director Phyllida Lloyd's new movie Herself is new at 12 with £85,649.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2nd weekend)
  • Highest debut - Respect (@3)
  • Longest run - The Croods: A New Age and Space Jam: A New Legacy (9 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Free Guy (£14.3 Million)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 10th - 12th September 2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvels latest superhero movie spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office with a fantastic hold, only dropping 38% the movie takes £3.6 Million over its second weekend.

The movie has now taken an excellent £11.8 Million on the UK box office and is the 8th top movie of 2021 so far.

The movie incredibly took over £6 Million on its first full week of release in the UK.

Free Guy

The Shawn Levy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds holds steady at number 2 this week and again has a fantastic low drop of only 28% with a weekend gross of £690,408.

This takes the movie total UK gross to £14.3 Million over 5 weeks of release and its the 4th top movie of 2021 at the UK box office.

It could potentially take Fast and Furious 9 which is currently the 3rd top movie of 2021, but then it will most likely be taken by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings by next weekend!

Respect

Respect

Highest new entry of the weekend is a bio-pic of Aretha Franklin starring Jennifer Hudson which is naturally getting a lot of Oscar hype for Hudson's performance.

The movie takes £424,514 to land at number 3 on this weeks box office.

Candyman

The horror franchise movie remake falls to number 4 this weekend with £418,414, a 45% drop over last weekend, taking the movies total UK gross to £3.7 Million over 3 weeks of release.

Malignant

Respected horror director of The Conjuring series brings his latest fright fest to the big screen which this weekend makes its debut at number 5 on the UK box office with £409,298.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - £3,583,848
  2. Free Guy - £690,408
  3. Respect - £424,514
  4. Candyman - £418,414
  5. Malignant - £409,298
  6. The PAW Patrol: Movie - £324,065
  7. Copshop - £198,225
  8. Jungle Cruise - £165,412
  9. The Croods: A New Age - £139,625
  10. Space Jam: A New Legacy - £134,333
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