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UK Box Office Weekend Report 1st - 3rd September 2023: The Equalizer 3 replaces Barbie at the top of the UK box office after a 6 week run at the top

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The Equalizer 3
The Denzel Washington starring The Equalizer 3 tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release, replacing Barbie after a 6 week run at the top.

The sequel movie to The Equalizer comes in with a debut of £2.7 Million which is the best debut of the series.

Barbie falls to number 2 this weekend as its gross increases to £92.5 Million as the movie draws closer to the &Pound;100 Million mark which would make it only the third movie in UK box office history to do so.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Equalizer 3 (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Equalizer 3 (@1)
  • Longest run - Elemental (9 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Barbie (£92,584,022)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Elemental (39%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,993,106
  • Also new this weekend
    • Haunted Mansion
    • Cobweb
    • Jurassic Park
    • The First Slam Dunk

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd September 2023

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 £2,783,302 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of September
  • The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took £1,980,754 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
The Equalizer 3
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,641,410 over the weekend, a 16% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £92,584,022 over 7 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is the 7th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £960,504 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £55,413,088 over 7 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £760,060 over its debut weekend
Sound of Freedom

  • The movie Goes Up the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £618,912 over the weekend, a 23% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £9,148,597 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Equalizer 3 - £2,783,302
  2. Barbie - £1,641,410
  3. Oppenheimer - £960,504
  4. Sound of Freedom - £760,060
  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - £618,912
  6. Elemental - £559,291
  7. Meg 2: The Trench - £534,667
  8. Blue Beetle - £495,507
  9. Haunted Mansion - £394,330
  10. Cobweb - £325,904
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