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UK Box Office Weekend Report 12th - 14th April 2024: In a two way race for the top biopic Back To Black beats Civil War to number 1

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Back to Black
It was a two way fight for the top of the UK box office this weekend with the Amy Winehouse bio-pic winning with a debut gross of £2.7 Million.

The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and is her top grossing debut movie in the UK outside of Fifty Shades of Grey which took £13.5 Million on its debut.

Coming in at number 2 is the new movie from Alex Garland, Civil War come in with a debut gross of £1.8 Million.

Last weeks top movie, Kung-Fu Panda 4 slides to number 3 this weekend after 2 weeks at the top and has taken a great £17.2 Million in total.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Back to Black (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Back to Black (@1)
  • Longest run - Migration (11 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Dune: Part Two (£38,143,346)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Kung-Fu Panda 4 (-38%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £10,427,513
  • Also new this weekend
    • Suga | Agust D Tour D-Day: The Movie
    • Aavesham
    • Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
    • Maidaan
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th April 2024

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £2,772,698 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of April
Back to Black
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,823,179 over its debut weekend
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,754,440 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £17,291,699 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Kung-Fu Panda 3 which took £8,961,602 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,185,986 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £11,886,417 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £787,096 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £14,066,300 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife which took £10,130,382 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Back to Black - £2,772,698
  2. Civil War - £1,823,179
  3. Kung-Fu Panda 4 - £1,754,440
  4. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - £1,185,986
  5. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - £787,096
  6. Dune: Part Two - £567,599
  7. Monkey Man - £387,055
  8. The First Omen - £260,415
  9. SUGA | Agust D Tour 'D-Day': The Movie - £220,582
  10. Aavesham - £207,308
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