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UK Box Office Weekend Report 26th - 28th April 2024: Challengers starring Zendaya tops the UK box office on its debut weekend

UK Box Office Weekend Report 26th - 28th April 2024:  Challengers starring Zendaya tops the UK box office on its debut weekend
Challengers
The new movie, Challengers, from director Luca Guadagnino starring superstar Zendaya tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release.

Challengers makes its debut with a gross of £1.4 Million which is the 11th top grossing movie in an April window.

The movie knocks off 2 week number 1 movie Back to Black which falls to number 2 this weekend and has grossed £9 Million to date.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Challengers (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Challengers (@1)
  • Longest run - Migration (13 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Dune: Part Two (£39,200,000)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Migration (24%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £7,644,443
  • Also new this weekend
    • Spy X Family Code: White
    • That They May Face the Rising Sun
    • There's Still Tomorrow
    • Boy Kills World
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th April 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 £1,451,880 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of April
Challengers
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,400,000 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £9,000,000 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie Remains At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £904,199 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Kung-Fu Panda 3 which took £12,835,111 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £818,370 over its debut weekend
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  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £755,426 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £5,200,000 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2024

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Challengers - £1,607,094
  2. Back to Black - £1,419,500
  3. Kung-Fu Panda 4 - £948,033
  4. Civil War - £755,426
  5. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - £597,586
  6. Abigail - £378,317
  7. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - £332,883
  8. Spy X Family Code: White - £280,728
  9. Dune: Part Two - £253,850
  10. Monkey Man - £124,894
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