New Marvel movie Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania makes its debut on the UK box office at the top with a debut gross of nearly £9 Million.

Also new this week is the animated tale Marcel the Shell With Shoes On at number 12 £141,454 and Indian movie Vaathi £115,999.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th February 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

A new Marvel movie and a new number one movie as the latest Ant-Man movie, number 3 in the series, takes over at the top with a series record opening of over $pound;8 Million.

In comparison the last Marvel movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever took over £12 Million.

• 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 £8,834,435 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp which took £4,988,747 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

After 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office the sequel movie from the Shrek series falls to number 2 this weekend.

The movie has taken £17 Million since its debut 3 weeks ago.

• The movie goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,170,746 over the weekend, a 3% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £17,156,100 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took £6,678,640 at the box office after 3 weeks of release.

Falling one place to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at 2 is the Magic Mike sequel movie which UK audiences seem to have warmed to!

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £888,435 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,842,057 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Magic Mike XXL which took £3,998,010 at the box office after 2 weeks of release.

There is no stopping the James Cameron directed sequel movie as it remains at number 4 this weekend with half a million pound.

The movie has now taken a total in the uk of over £75 Million and is the 12th top movie ever in the UK.

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £531,213 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £75,746,774 over 10 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 12th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £83,265,484 at the box office after 10 weeks of release.

The French animated movie jumps up the box office as the kids go on their half term week, making its debut at number 9 last weekend it makes an appearance in the top 5 this week.

After making its debut with just over £250,000 it increases its weekend count by 22% this week for a total of £1.1 Million.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £332,566 over the weekend, a 22% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £1,150,587 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2023

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

1. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - £8,834,435
2. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - £3,170,746
3. Magic Mike's Last Dance - £888,435
4. Avatar: The Way of Water - £531,213
5. Epic Tails - £332,566
6. Knock At the Cabin - £270,176
7. Titanic - £268,174
8. Women Talking - £182,832
9. Plane - £177,871
10. The Whale - £164,701

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