UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th September 2022

Highest New Movie of the Weekend

Starring Saoirse Ronan this murder mystery from director Tom George tops this weekends box office on its debut weekend of release in one of the quietest weekends since March this year when The Batman was on its fourth weekend at the top.

The movie takes £1.16 Million on its debut weekend and is the only movie this week to go over the million mark.

Coming from Spain this sequel animated feature lands on the box office at number 2 this weekend with £818,525.

The movie is a sequel to the 2018 movie Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas which took £302,312 on its single weekend on the chart on February 2018.

Originally released at the end of 1975 this is the movie which not only put its director Steven Spielberg on the movie map but is often credited with creating the movie blockbuster.

This years re-release enters the box office at number 3 with £524,233, a weekend gross that would have normally hardly got it in the top 10 but weekend grosses are particularly low this weekend.

Indian movies always do well at the UK box office and this new movie from director Ayan Mukerji enters the chart at number 4 this weekend with a gross of £516,942.

Last weeks top movie falls to number 5 this wekend with a gross of £382,581 on its 11 weekend of release.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £44.7 Million which makes it the second highest grossing movie of 2022 in the UK.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

1. See How They Run - £1,163,484
2. Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy - £818,525
3. Jaws - £524,233
4. Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva - £516,942
5. Minions: The Rise of Gru - £382,581
6. DC League of Super-Pets - £365,296
7. Bodies Bodies Bodies - £351,159
8. Bullet Train - £344,444
9. Top Gun: Maverick - £311,155
10. Nope - £229,937

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