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UK Box Office Weekend Report 16th - 18th June 2023: The Flash is the top new movie of the weekend with a £4.2 Million debut gross

The Flash
The movie series formerly known as the DCEU is coming to an end with James Gunn taking over as show runner, but there are a couple more movies left in the ols series and this week has the release of The Flash.

The movie opens to £4.2 Million which is twice that of Shazam! Fury of the Gods from earlier this year, but it is way short of the series most successful movie Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice which opened to £14.6 Million.

Falling into second place after a 2 week run at the top is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with a total of £20 Million and falling to 4th is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts with a 60% drop over last weekend.

Based on the music of Take That Greatest Days is new at 5 with £536,955 while there is a re-entry for Fleabag: NT Live 2019 at £86,597 ahead of Phoebe Waller-Bridge starring in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Flash (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Flash (@1)
  • Longest run - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (11 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (£53,548,995)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (-29%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £11,075,598
  • Also new this weekend
    • Adipurush
    • SUGA: Road to D-DAY
    • j-hope: IN THE BOX

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th June 2023

The Flash

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 £4,252,532 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of June
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £2,614,173 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £20,300,416 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which took £5,878,855 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

  • The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,323,769 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £22,028,857 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,184,662 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,008,562 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Bumblebee which took £9,118,933 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £536,955 over its debut weekend

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Flash - £4,252,532
  2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - £2,614,173
  3. The Little Mermaid - £1,323,769
  4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - £1,184,662
  5. Greatest Days - £536,955
  6. Fleabag: NT Live 2019 - £490,776
  7. Adipurush - £275,982
  8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - £251,592
  9. Fast X - £208,640
  10. The Boogeyman - £139,790
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