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Also new this weekend is the Hindi language remake of Forrest Gump, Laal Singh Chaddha lands on the box office at 8 with £325,000.
The mega smash hot Top Gun: Maverick falls to number 7 this weekend with £405,000, a tiny 34% drop for a movie on its 12th weekend, but its worth noting that the movie would be number 1 with over £2 Million if the chart was measured Monday - Sunday.
Highest New Movie of the Weekend
Director Jordan Peele has carved out a very good niche for himself in the suspense horror genre and following Get Out and Us he lands at the top with his with his third movie.
Taking a weekend gross of £1.98 Million it doesn't quite reach the gross of Us which took £2.7 Million in its debut.
It also doesn't quite get to the £2.1 Million of Get Out from 2017, but with little in the way of strong competition going forward, and the hot weather in the UK this weekend this movie could have a longer run.
Critical reviews haven't been as good as the previous 2 movie, and although the movie has been enjoyed it is considered the directors lowest rating movie to date.
Brad Pitts crazy adventure on the famous Japanese train falls to number 2 this weekend with a weekend take of £906,000, a 68% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £5.1 Million at the UK box office over its 2 weeks of release.
The animated pet movie from the DC Universe falls to 3 this weekend with a gross of £830,589, a reasonable 32% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £8.2 Million over its 3 week run on the box office.
The former number 1 movie from the Despicable Me universe falls to number 4 this weekend with £754,416, a 32% drop.
the animated sequel to Minions has now taken a very respectable £38.6 Million at the UK box office over 7 weeks and although its gross is lower the the previous movie is is the 4th top movie of 2022.
The fourth movie in the Thor series takes £535,000 as it drop to number 5 on the box office chart.
It has now taken £34.6 Million over its 6 weeks of release and is the 6th top movie of 2022, it is also doing better than the previous movie in the series Thor: Ragnarok.
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