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UK Box Office Weekend Report 18th - 20th October 2024: The Wild Robot beats Smile 2 to the top of the UK box office as they both debut

UK Box Office Weekend Report 18th - 20th October 2024:  The Wild Robot beats Smile 2 to the top of the UK box office as they both debut
The Wild Robot
With two high profile releases in the same weekend there was going to be a fight to the top, but The Wild Robot easily wins the chart this weekend.

The animated movie secures the top this weekend with a debut gross of £3.2 Million.

Thus coming in at number 2 is horror movie sequel Smile 2 which lands on its debut with a £2 Million weekend gross.

The movie makes its debut higher than the original Smile movie but in the same ballpark.

Last weeks top movie Transformers: One falls to number 4 this weekend.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Wild Robot (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Wild Robot (@1)
  • Longest run - Despicable Me 4 (15 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (£24,684,335)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Substance (-26%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,766,075
  • Also new this weekend
    • My Hero Academia: You're Next
    • Bougainvillea
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th October 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 £3,256,572 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of October
The Wild Robot
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £2,000,089 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is a sequel to Smile which took £1,860,452 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £749,149 over its debut weekend
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £639,554 over the weekend, a 62% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £2,739,400 over 2 weeks of release
Transformers: One

  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £563,579 over its debut weekend

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Wild Robot - £3,256,572
  2. Smile 2 - £2,000,089
  3. The Apprentice - £749,149
  4. Transformers: One - £639,554
  5. Alices Adventures In Wonderland - Royal Ballet and Opera - £563,579
  6. Terrifier 3 - £562,616
  7. Joker: Folie à Deux - £501,000
  8. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - £469,407
  9. The Substance - £223,406
  10. My Hero Academia: You're Next - £216,844
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