Another new number 1 this weekend with the release of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves at the box office which takes a very resonable £3.5 Million.

Also new this weekend is animated movie Mummies which is given a well times release over the UK school holidays while Dasara is new at 11 with £108,625 and Life of Pi: NT Live 2023 is new at 12 with £89,514.

Finally there is the new Florence Pugh movie God's Creatures which is new at 14 with £69,284 and Falstaff: Met Opera 2023 at 15 with £68,655.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 31st - 2nd April 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

Starring Chris Pine in a new iteration of the Dungeons and Dragons story the movie makes its debut at the top of the UK box office with an opening gross of £3.5 Million.

• 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 £3,544,354 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2023

Falling into the runner up spot after its debut at the top is the fourth chapter in the John Wick series which drops 51% this weekend.

• The movie Goes down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,593,806 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £10,113,750 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum which took £6,246,151 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

The well times release of this new animated tale during the Easter Holidays gives it a new entry at number 3 with a gross of over half a million pound.

• The movie Is a New Entry on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £648,459 over its debut weekend

Shazam! Fury of the Gods



The disappointing release of the DC Universe latest movie gives it a hefty 57% drop on its 3rd weekend as its gross jump to just £4.8 Million.

• The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £469,120 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,851,844 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Shazam! which took £11,787,522 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Creed III

Still going strong is the third movie in the Creed series which has taken £13.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.

• The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £426,742 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £13,522,826 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Creed II which took £9,090,207 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.
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