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UK Box Office Weekend Report 6th - 8th October 2023: Sequel movie The Exorcist: Believer makes its debut at the top of the UK box office, The Creator falls to number 2

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The Exorcist: Believer
As the Halloween season approaches the horror movies come thick and fast and this weekend the sequel movie (of sorts) The Exorcist: Believer tops the UK box office with a debut gross of £1,7 Million.

Last weeks top movie, The Creator drops to number 2 on its second weekend of release.

For the first time in its 12 week run Oppenheimer out grosses its box office rival Barbie on this weekends chart.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Exorcist: Believer (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Exorcist: Believer (@1)
  • Longest run - Barbie (12 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Barbie (£95,400,000)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Oppenheimer (-33%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £5,954,879
  • Also new this weekend
    • BlackBerry

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th October 2023

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 £1,747,925 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of October
  • The movie is a sequel to Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist which took didn't make a mark at the UK box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
The Exorcist: Believer
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,000,000 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £4,200,000 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £953,798 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,800,000 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Spiral: From the Book of Saw which took £1,201,653 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £593,149 over its debut weekend
The Great Escaper

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £558,724 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £7,900,000 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Death On the Nile which took £7,150,696 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Exorcist: Believer - £1,678,645
  2. The Creator - £1,041,276
  3. Saw X - £956,030
  4. The Great Escaper - £598,135
  5. A Haunting In Venice - £561,058
  6. The Equalizer 3 - £174,347
  7. The Nun II - £160,587
  8. The Old Oak - £130,484
  9. A Little Life - £121,137
  10. BlackBerry - £117,263
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