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UK Box Office Weekend Report 25th - 27th March 2022: Four weeks at the top for The Batman as Indian movie RRR makes its debut at number 2

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The Batman
The Batman makes it 4 weeks at the top of the UK box office with no major new releases in cinemas over the weekend while Indian movie RRR is the top new movie of the weekend at number 2. Ambulance also makes its debut inside the top 5 while Oscar contender The Worst Person In the World is new at number 7 with £193,493 and the event movie Don Carlos: Met Opera 2022 is new at 12 with £72,610.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Batman (4th weekend)
  • Highest debut - RRR (@2)
  • Longest run - Spider-Man: No Way Home (15 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home (£96.3 Million)

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 25th - 27th March 2022

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The Batman

Fourth weekend at the summit for the latest incarnation of the caped crusader as the movie takes £1.6 Million over the weekend, an acceptable 50% drop over last weekend.

The total gross of the film in the Uk now sits at £35.6 Million, it is the top movie of 2022 to date.

It will most likely be toppled from the top next weekend with 2 strong contenders hitting cinemas but this run for a DC superhero movie has been good and a sequel is already being planned.

RRR

Indian language movie have always done well in the UK and this new period movie from director S.S. Rajamouli is the top new movie of the weekend entering at number 2.

RRR

Taking £650,204 on its debut it has beat out a number of higher profiles movie, the distributer wisely chose to release the movie on a quiet weekend between Hollywood blockbusters.

Ambulance

Director Micheal Bay leaves The Transformers behind and brings to the cinema this hard hitting action drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

The movie makes its debut at number 3 this weekend with a debut gross of £521,049.

Uncharted

Falling to number 4 on its 7th weekend of release is the Tom Holland starring movie co-starring Mark Wahlberg which takes £349,456, a 42% drop over last week.

The movie is the 4th top movie of 2022 sto date.

The Nan Movie

Critically panned the Catherine Tate starring movie drops to number 5 this weekend with a gross of £289,730, a 52% drop, giving it a £1.1 Million total.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Batman - £1,664,503
  2. RRR - £650,204
  3. Ambulance - £521,049
  4. Uncharted - £349,456
  5. The Nan Movie - £289,730
  6. The Phantom of the Open - £218,626
  7. The Worst Person In the World - £193,493
  8. Sing 2 - £174,123
  9. Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie - £156,134
  10. The Duke - £85,651
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