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UK Box Office Weekend Report 4th - 6th August 2023: Barbie spends a third weekend at the top to become the top grossing movie in the UK in 2023, Meg 2 comes in at number 3

Barbie
Barbie spends a third weekend at the top of the UK box office this weekend and in the process takes over at the top grossing film of the year out grossing The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

The Greta Gerwig movie has now taken over £67.5 Million at the UK box office and is showing no sign of slowing down, it is second top grossing movie in the UK by a female director with Mamma Mia! from director Phyllida Lloyd being the top, but Barbie should take that by next weekend.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Meg 2: The Trench which comes in at number 3 with £3.7 Million, a tiny increase over The Meg's £3.6 Million debut.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Barbie (3rd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Meg 2: The Trench (@3)
  • Longest run - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (18 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Barbie (£67,513,588)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (-27%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £24,184,818
  • Also new this weekend
    • Joy Ride
    • Just Super

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th August 2023

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £7,916,261 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £67,513,588 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is the 18th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
Barbie
  • The movie Remains At Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £5,493,480 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £39,176,945 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It grosses £3,777,784 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is a sequel to The Meg which took £3,651,111 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £3,662,250 over its debut weekend
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,038,687 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £22,848,905 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023
  • The movie is a sequel to Mission:Impossible - Fallout which took £20,102,327 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Barbie - £7,916,261
  2. Oppenheimer - £5,493,480
  3. Meg 2: The Trench - £3,777,784
  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - £3,662,250
  5. Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - £1,038,687
  6. Elemental - £832,954
  7. Joy Ride - £389,935
  8. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani - £269,506
  9. Talk to Me - £253,465
  10. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - £191,235
See full chart
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