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Also new this weekend is Fisherman's Friends: One and All at number 6 with £656,293 falling well below the £1 Million+ debut of Fisherman's Friends from 2019.
New at number 10 is Orphan: First Kill which debuts with £434,601 and new at number 12 is Thiruchitrambalam with £132,109.
Worthy of a mention is the performance of the years biggest movie Top Gun: Maverick which despite having been on the box office for 13 weeks climbs back up to number 7 this week, from 8 last, with a 22% increase over last weeks gross.
The Jordan Peele directed movie hangs onto the top spot on the UK box office for a second weekend as the movie takes £1.14 Million, a very reasonable 38% drop over its debut last weekend.
It is the only one entry on the box office this weekend to take over a million pound, it is tracking slightly below Jordan Peele's last movie, Us from 2019 which had taken £6 Million on its second weekend.
The movie has taken £4.5 Million to date.
The former number 1 movie starring Brad Pitt stays at number 2 this weekend with £837,799, a very slim 8% drop over last week on its third weekend of release.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £6.8 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Remaining at number 3 this weekend is the animated feature from the DC Universe of movies from Warner Bros. which takes £811,276, a very slim 2% down on last week.
The movie has now taken £10.5 Million over its 4 weeks of release in the UK.
The animated sequel from the Despicable Me series of movies remains at number 4 this weekend with £753,073, which is more or less the same as last weekend take.
The Minions sequel has now taken an very respectable £40.7 Million over its 8 weeks of release, it is the 4th top movie of 2022 and the highest grossing animated feature of the year so far.
Highest New Movie of the Weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend lands at number 5 with the Japanese animated movie from the Dragon Ball Super series of movie and a sequel to 2019's Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Landing at number 5 this weekend with £663,290 this presence of this movie means there are 3 animated movies in the top 5 in the UK this weekend.
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