Also making its debut is the new Ben Affleck directed Air at number 4 while The Pope's Exorcist is new at number 5.
Further down the box office Godland makes £42,854 on its debut weekend.
Highest New Movie This Weekend
Video game adaptations have not historically made good movie adaptation, and the box office grosses have not been good, but Nintendos flagship character Mario looks set to change that as it makes its debut with £15.6 Million.
The movie has not been a big hit with critics but paying audiences have loved the animated movie and if it be the fan service or the love of the characters this is set to be one of the biggest movies of the year.
In comparison Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020 took £4.7 Million on its debut and Super Mario Bros. from 1993 took £2.8 Million on release, £3.7 Million adjusted for inflation.
After making its debut at the top last weekend the board game adaptation falls to number 2 on its second weekend with a 54% drop.
The movie has taken £8.2 Million after 2 weeks of release.
The fourth chapter in the John Wick series is at number 3 this weekend with a £1.2 Million gross on its 3rd weekend of release.
Ben Affleck directs himself and Matt Damon in this movie based on the shoe made famous by basketball player Michael Jordan.
The new movie starring Russell Crowe lands at number 5 this weekend on the UK box office with a gross of £707,050.
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After working for Ritz Video Film Hire, later Blockbuster Express, it cemented his interest in film and gave him the drive to go to university with the intention of working in the industy.
6 years of college/university studying film and Culture and he decided to take a different path, so he taught himself to develop websites.
8 years at Amazon, 3 years at eBay, a year at PayPal and 6 years running his own digital marketing agency and here we are writing and developing saltypopcorn.co.uk.