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Jungle Cruise ended up coming in second by nearly a million pound while outside the top 5 Spirit Untamed entered at number 6 with £592,154, The Sparks Brother's came in at 11 with £123,005 and Limbo was new at 13 with £50,600.
Good news on this weeks box office, it is the highest total gross since the pandemic began with a total top 15 taking ove £10.5 Million.
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 30th July - 1st August
Director James Gunn who brought us the MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy brings us his spin on the super villain movie and judging from the reviews its a grittier more violent take than the 2016 movie from director David Ayer.
This new spin on the comic book story takes £3.2 Million on its debut, and although its unfair to compare the 2016 movie took £11.2 Million on its debut.
Disney bring us their latest Disneyland ride turned into a movie as Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in this lighthearted adventure comedy.
The movie makes its debut at number 2 with £2.2 Million and again its unfair to compare, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl which was also based on a Disneyland ride took £3.7 Million on its debut, so this is actually quite close!
It's the summer holidays in the UK and after a very difficult year at school it seems the cinema is a popular choice of entertainment as the LeBron James starring toon flick takes £1.2 Million, a slim 8% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total UK gross of £6.5 Million after 3 weeks of release and the seventh top movie of 2021.
The school holidays are turning this animated sequel into a sleeper hit as it falls to number 4 this weekend but takes £893,054, a 2% increase over last week.
The movie has been on the box office now for 3 weeks and has a UK gross of £4.2 Million, its the ninth top movie of 2021.
The latest Marvel movie is on its decline now but still hands onto a top 5 position as it falls from the top to number 5, quite a drop!
The movie takes £788,028 over the weekend which is a fairly good 44% drop consider its on its fourth weekend of release.
The movie has taken a total of £16 Million in the UK which makes it the second top grossing movie of 2021.
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