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UK Box Office Weekend Report 22nd - 24th April 2022: Sonic 2 goes back to the top of the UK box office on its 4th weekend of release while Massive Tallent is new at 7

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
This weeks new releases didn't make too much of an impact on the UK box office as Sonic the Hedgehog 2 goes back to the top as Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore doesn't perform as well as expected.

Highest new movie of the weekend is the Nicholas Cage parody movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which can only manage an entry at 7 with £516,697 while FirebirdHappening is at 14 with £27,702 and finally Jersey enters at 15 with £23,830.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2nd weekend - non consecutive)
  • Highest debut - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (@7)
  • Longest run - The Batman (8 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - The Batman (£40 Million)

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

This weekends new releases and the bad performance of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has given the video game adaptation a chance to go back to the top of the box office and a couple of weeks at number 2 and 3.

The movie took £1.6 Million over the weekend to go back to the top, only a 20% drop over last weekend, which gives it a total gross of £20.2 Million over 4 weeks of release.

It is performing better than Sonic the Hedgehog which at this stage in its run has taken £18 Million, and the movie is the 5th top film of 2022.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The third movie in the Fantastic Beasts series is not performing as well as expected and this weekend remains at number 2 with £1.6 Million, a 40% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken £16.4 Million in the UK which is well below the previous 2 movies, it is currently the 6th top movie of 2022 in the UK.

The Lost City

Falling to number 3 after a single week at the top where it debuted last weekend the action comedy from directors Adam and Aaron Nee takes £1.3 Million this week, a 50% drop, for a total of £5.6 Million.

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Director John Madden's war drama jumps up to number 4 this weekend from its debut of 5 last weekend with £758,698, a small 15% drop, giving the film a £2.6 Million total after 2 weeks of release.

The Bad Guys

A slim 6% drop for the animated movie gives it a climb to number 5 this weekend with £738,011 for a £9.3 Million total after 4 weeks of release.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - £1,637,443
  2. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - £1,595,051
  3. The Lost City - £1,372,328
  4. Operation Mincemeat - £758,698
  5. The Bad Guys - £738,011
  6. The Northman - £696,833
  7. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - £516,697
  8. The Batman - £155,461
  9. Morbius - £120,126
  10. K.G.F: Chapter 2 - £119,430
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