Making its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend is Puss In Boots: The Last Wish which takes over from Avatar: The Way of Water after 7 weeks at the top.

Also new this weekend is Knock At the Cabin at number 3, The Whale at number 5 and BTS: Yet to Come In Cinemas at number 8 with £535,336.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th February 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

Making its debut at the top of the UK box office this weekend is the sequel movie to Puss In Boots from 2011 which is part of the Shrek universe of movies.

The movie has done far better than its prequel which took just shy of £2 Million on its debut, but the Shrek movies did far better with Shrek the Third having the best debut with £16.67 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 £4,950,495 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took £1,975,758 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

After 7 weeks at the top of the UK box office the Avatar sequel drops to second place, but the movie has still taken over £70 Million so far at the UK box office.

It is more or less on track with the original movie having taken just about £1 Million more, but its well behing the top grossing movie in the UK ever, Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £120 Million 8 weeks into its box office run.

The movie also has the smallest from on this weeks top 15 with 39% down on last weekends gross.

• The movie goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,285,652 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £72,957,701 over 8 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 14th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £71,936,392 at the box office after 8 weeks of release.

The new movie from director M. Night Shyamalan lands at number 4 this weekend with just under £1 Million on its debut.

The movie has a better opening than the directors last movie, Old, which could only manage around £800,000 on its debut.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £985,027 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023

Dropping to number 4 this weekend is the action Indian movie from director Siddharth Anand wihch landed at number 2 last weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £701,103 over the weekend, a 64% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,347,070 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

Finishing off the top 5 is the Oscar nominated movie from director Darren Aronofsky which stars Brendan Fraser in his Best Actor nominated role.

The movie is on limited release and will expand as we get closer to the Oscar ceremony where Fraser is expected to walk away with the award.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £690,026 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

1. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - £4,950,495
2. Avatar: The Way of Water - £1,285,652
3. Knock At the Cabin - £985,027
4. Pathaan - £701,103
5. The Whale - £690,026
6. Plane - £641,859
7. The Fabelmans - £541,999
8. BTS: Yet to Come In Cinemas - £535,336
9. M3GAN - £337,119
10. Babylon - £300,080

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