- A Minecraft Movie £2,492,087 – £51,674,822
Down 53% in its fourth weekend
£576k 23.1% (-75.9% £2.39m) Fri; £1.13m 45.3% (-41.4% £1.93m) Sat; £786k 31.5% (-17.3% £951k) Sun.
The 70th biggest fourth weekend between Alice in Wonderland and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (close to Jurassic World, Big Hero 6, Incredibles 2 and Mrs Doubtfire) and the 145th biggest inflated fourth weekend between Arthur Christmas and Elf (close to The Sixth Sense, A Fish Called Wanda, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves and The Simpsons)
The fourth week targeted a similar audience.
2023’s Super Mario Bros dropped 28.2% £3,067,431 and £45,780,596, 83.9% of £54,578,335
2014’s The Lego Movie dropped 50% £1,633,265 and £28,801,707, 87.6% of £32,887,286/£38,760,016
2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle dropped 37.5% £2,435,626 and £29,912,422, 78.9% of £36,968,605
2022’s Uncharted dropped 56.7% £1,335,675 and £20,287,936 84.2% of £24,091,881
Two years ago, Super Mario Bros was also #1 for 4 weeks, which again raises the question of why everyone was so surprised about how A Minecraft Movie has done, as its audience would have been the same who saw Super Mario Bros two years ago. As Super Mario Bros was two years ago, it will be replaced by the next MCU film this weekend.
48th biggest between POTC: Dead Man’s Chest and Marvel Avengers Assemble (close to Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Full Monty, Quantum of Solace and The Greatest Showman) and 120th biggest inflated between Ghostbusters and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (close to For Your Eyes Only, Star Trek: The Movie, Spider-Man and The Lost World: Jurassic Park).
Jack Black made history on Friday with the viral hit Steve’s Lava Chicken, having the shortest song ever (34 seconds) to make the UK’s singles chart, is now up to #4.
- 2. Sinners £2,417,082 – £7,277,715
Down 0.31% in its second weekend
Took £759k 31.4% (-15.6% £899k) Friday; £974k 40.3% (+16.4% £837k) Saturday; £684k 28.3% (1% £677k) Sunday.
362nd biggest second weekend between Django Unchained and The Greatest Showman (close to Toy Story, Jumanji, Cast Away and Godzilla) and 626th biggest second weekend between Run, Fat Boy, Run and Shutter Island (close to Alien3, Mars Attacks, Father of the Bride and The Great Gatsby)
15th biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks, between Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (close to Mufasa: The Lion King, It Ends with Us, Venom: The Last Dance and Alien: Romulus); 4th biggest 2025 second weekend between Captain America: Brave New World and Snow White.
£75,005 split the top 2.
Had a 0.31% second weekend drop; it’s impossible to make direct comparisons with other films, as some, like Parasite, increased by 80.6% in their second weekend, but they more than doubled the number of screens they were playing at. Only 20 films since 1989 have dropped under 1% in their second weekends, including Carlito’s Way, Dead Poets Society, Sherlock Holmes, Shallow Grave, Titanic, and Something’s Gotta Give. The last film to do so was 2015’s American Sniper dropped 0.36% £2,539,534 and £6,617,063, 49.29% of £13,424,242.
The question will be how it holds up against Thunderbolts as it loses all IMAX/PLF screens.
Director Ryan Coogler previously worked with Michael B. Jordan in 2016’s Creed dropped 45.2% £1,217,405 and £4,305,551, 75.74% of £5,684,690.
Comparison films included 2018’s A Quiet Place dropped 29.3% £1,907,585 and £6,350,119, 53.81% of £11,801,912; 2025’s Nosferatu dropped 62% £1,992,465 and £8,825,009, 70.33% of £12,547,480.
Adult drama/thrillers have a similar second weekend.
2013’s Django Unchained dropped 13.6% £2,419,846/£2,953,472 and £7,185,499 47.74% of £15,050,558/£18,369,517
1998’s Saving Private Ryan dropped 18.7% £2,199,083/£4,349,056 and £7,126,263 38% of £18,748,640/£37,078,576
1999’s The Blair Witch Project dropped 61% £2,290,106/£4,335,426 and £7,202,110 48.1% of £14,971,525/£28,342,768
1996’s Seven up 1.7% £2,672,896/£5,234,148 and £7,213,059 37.52% of £19,226,287/£37,649,510
2002’s Signs dropped 29.5% £2,657,379/£4,936,902 and £8,063,752 50.13% of £16,084,656/£29,882,216
2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road 41.8% £2,639,888/£2,918,156 and £9,690,578 56.33% of £17,203,206/£19,016,581
2013’s World War Z dropped 46.6% £2,422,917/£2,957,220 and £9,831,101 67.97% of £14,463,436/£17,652,923
2011’s Black Swan dropped 7.1% £2,566,346/£3,375,211 and £7,305,659 46.51% of £15,708,154/£20,659,074
Jordan Peele’s
2022’s Nope dropped 38.3% 23.63% £1,147,639 and £4,569,864 58.07% of £7,869,824
2017’s Get Out dropped 36.7% £1,366,829 and £4,864,838 48.39% of £10,053,463
2019’s Us dropped 38.8% £1,692,205 and £6,080,520 62.04% of £9,071,603
1995’s Interview with the Vampire dropped 25.6% £1,744,758/£4,278,683 and £5,544,730 52.73% of £10,515,385/£23,931,566
1,046th biggest between The Boss Baby 2 and Blood Diamond (close to First Man, The Shape of Water, Alien Resurrection and Prisoners) and 1,590th biggest inflated between Barnyard: The Original Party Animals and ParaNorman (close to The Hateful Eight, The Patriot, Enemy at the Gates and Donnie Brasco).
- 3. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith (Re: 2025) – £1,762,623 – NE
Took £669k 37.97% Friday; £618k 35.07% Saturday; £475k 26.96% Sunday.
1,025th biggest opening between Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery and Calendar Girls (close to Cowboys & Aliens, Black Hawk Down, Die Hard with a Vengeance and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and 1,363rd biggest inflated opening between The Gift and The Great Wall (close to Speed 2: Cruise Control, Schindler’s List, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and The Karate Kid Part 2).
37th biggest opening over the last 52 weeks between Furiosa and Transformers One (close to Mickey 17, Heretic, Challengers and Better Man); 11th biggest 2025 opening between Mickey 17 and The Amateur.
Opened in 637 cinemas, 153rd widest, similar to Jumanji: The Next Level (close to Man Called Otto, Morbius and Dunkirk); 654th 600+ cinema opening since 2015’s Jurassic World
Revenge of the Sith received mixed reviews when it was originally released, as critics were comparing it with the original film series, which they had grown up with. George Lucas made these prequels for a younger generation, as The Phantom Menace was aimed at a younger audience, and with a three-year gap between each film, he wanted a new generation to grow up with Star Wars.
This is exactly what they did, so while Revenge of the Sith has many issues, as do the other two prequels, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, they tell the story they wanted to be told. This, of course, is the problem with Disney’s Star Wars trilogy: they told a story the audience didn’t need to see, and they also came out far too close to each other, lessening the impact of the film series. The prequels have a lot of issues, but they are still much more watchable than Disney’s trilogy. Again, they weren’t aimed at me or the generation that saw the prequels.
Cineworld reduced their tickets for Revenge of the Sith to £6.99; all other exhibitors charged regular prices.
What would be interesting to see is if the generation that grew up with Disney’s Star Wars films a decade ago still looks back on them as fondly as the generation who grew up with either the original trilogy or the prequels, as the original trilogy was given a full re-release in 1997 they play on multiple generations, those who grew up in the 70s and 90s.
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith opened £14,361,469/£24,301,679 from 490 screens (including £3,653,895 previews) was #1 for 3 weeks taking £39,188,065/£66,311,864; there was no IMAX/3D or any surcharge cinema; was in the top 5 for 8 weeks and
Re-released in cinemas for its 20th anniversary, but unlike Star Wars: Episode I Phantom Menace was re-released last year, not on Star Wars Day.
20th Century Fox re-released Star Wars in 1997 for its 20th anniversary, ahead of the release of the prequels. Disney re-released Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back in 2020 and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi in 1983 for their 40th anniversaries. They weren’t anywhere as successful. The Empire Strikes Back was re-released in cinemas a few weeks after they reopened for the first time after COVID-19 restrictions, £50,406 #1 from 102 screens.
Star Wars: Episode I – Phantom Menace opened £1,159,370 #2 last year over Star Wars Day weekend, 673 screens.
Return of the Jedi opened £446,291 #7 from 40 screens; £140k Friday; £152k Saturday; £154k Sunday; Surprisingly, Disney only booked it into 40 cinemas and also pulled it from those cinemas after only 5 days, as had it opened in more cinemas, it could have made the top three.
In July 2020 Disney was going to re-release The Empire Strikes Back in 4K in cinemas for its 40th anniversary, but after failing to get agreements with exhibitors re-released the 1997 2D version (opened with £33,343 #2 from 115 screens); it is 23 seconds shorter than the 1997 re-release as Disney likely removed the iconic Fox fanfare at the start.
Return of the Jedi was previously re-released in cinemas in April 1997 as part of the 20th anniversary of Star Wars Special Editions, when Star Wars was released in cinemas in March, with Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi released over the following weeks.
Star Wars Special Edition opened with £3,770,206 from 354 screens (£7,484,832 inflated) taking £16,343,172 (£32,445,413 inflated)
Empire Strikes Back Special Edition opened £2,023,379 from 354 screens (£3,949,010 inflated) taking £7,183,898 (£14,020,748 inflated)
Return of the Jedi Special Edition opened £1,695,114 from 353 screens (£3,308,338 inflated) taking £4,885,138 (£9,534,279 inflated)
The re-release of Revenge of the Sith was after last weekend’s Star Wars Celebration, which saw the return of Hayden Christensen to Ahsoka Season 2, the premiere of Andor Series 2 on Disney+ and more details of the next two films The Mandalorian and Grogu (May 2026) and Star Wars: Starfighter (May 2027). Since the release of 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, Disney has announced plans for many other Star Wars films, but they were all cancelled. Star Wars: Starfighter will open exactly 50 years after Star Wars opens.
- 4 The Accountant 2 £907,034 – NE
Took £319k 35.17% Friday; £367k 40.46% Saturday; £221k 24.37% Sunday.
1,864th biggest opening between Super Mario Bros (1993) and 3-D The Hole (close to As Good As It Gets, Analyse This, Side Effects and Fatal Attraction) and 2,487th biggest inflated opening between Pret-A-Porter and Hope Springs (close to Kiss of the Dragon, Bugsy, The Frighteners and To Die For).
53rd biggest opening over the last 52 weeks between Black Bag and Fly Me to the Moon (close to Conclave, A Real Pain, The Brutalist and Warfare); 18th biggest 2025 opening between Black Bag and Flight Risk.
Opened in 576cinemas, the 639th widest opening, similar to Warfare and THG Mockingjay Part 2: 705th 500+ cinema opening since 2002’s Monsters, Inc.
Opened similar to
2025’s Black Bag £915,376 taking £3,100,522
2024’s The Beekeeper £956,380 taking £3,830,079
While 2016’s The Accountant opened £1,623,866 #3, taking £5,067,474
The Accountant 2 premiered at the SXSW, receiving positive reviews; a third film is in development. In 2021, the director said he had plans for a trilogy.
While Sinners has attracted strong adult audiences, The Accountant follows other films like Mickey 17, Black Bag, Warfare, The Penguin Lessons and The Amateur struggling to find their expected audience. Could ask why they opened so close to each other, playing to similar audiences.
Since the release of The Accountant in 2016, Ben Affleck has starred in only a couple of films after the disappointing performance of Live By Night he directed, and Justice League, most recently appearing in 2023’s Air and a cameo in The Flash.
Opened similar to Ben Affleck’s
2002’s Changing Lanes £808,268 taking £2.82m
2004’s Paycheck £927,212 taking £2.26m
2010’s The Town £1,005,039, taking £4,771,263
2011’s Runner Runner £0.76m taking £2.63m
2012’s Argo (£1,287,770 taking £7,488,365
2017’s Live By Night £698,218 taking £1.3m
- 5 Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII – £682,672 – NE
Took £395,041 from Thursday.
Taking £287k Fri- Sun from 340 screens
As with all Event Cinema screenings, it’s impossible to make any direct comparison with films as well as other Event Cinema screenings.
Interestingly, Thursday’s box office was included with its opening weekend, as normally the BO taken for Event Cinema Mon-Thurs is counted separately to the weekend box office, unlike films, which can have three or four days of “previews” added to their opening weekend.
The 1972 film, directed by Adrian Maben, has been digitally remastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage with Dolby Atmos. It was filmed in 1971, featuring Echoes, A Saucerful of Secrets, and One of These Days. Including behind-the-scenes images of the band working on The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios.
Also Opened
- Until Dawn £566,027 – NE
Took £206k Friday; £222k Saturday; £138k Sunday. #6
Opened in 434 cinemas, 437th widest opening, similar to Sicario, X-Men, Independence Day and Jurassic Park: 510th 400+ cinema opening since 1989’s Batman.
Yet another teen horror this year has a disappointing horror, opening ahead of The Woman In The Yard (£185k) and Opus (£91k) but lower than Wolf Man (£647k) and Heart Eyes (£711k).
- Pride & Prejudice (20th Anniversary) Park Circus – £164,493 from 317 screens
Pride & Prejudice originally opened in September 2005, £2,529,947 #1 397 screens: #1 for 3 weeks taking £14,556,360.
It was directed by Joe Wright, who also directed Atonement, The Soloist, Hanna, Anna Karenina, Pan, Darkest Hour, The Woman in the Window and Cyrano. Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike and Judi Dench. It was marketed to a younger audience after the success of Bridget Jones’s Diary.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £10,091,278, down 14.6% from last weekend’s £11,824,074: 1,254,592 admissions down 17.9% from 1,527,658 admissions.
27th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 17 January 2025 #1 A Complete Unknown £2,616,302 (25.58%) and 01 November 2024 #1 The Wild Robot £2,179,601 (22.18%)
94th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 232 weeks between 02 February 2024 #1 Migration £3,577,676 (35.17%) and 25 February 2022 #1 Uncharted £3,084,102 (30.61%)
626th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,2032) between 28 July 2006 #1 Cars £2,668,968 (26.37%) and 21 November 2003 #1 Love Actually £6,657,479 (66.08%) and 922nd inflated between 26 February 2016 #1 Deadpool £5,694,280 (60.63%) and 23 December 2005 #1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe £2,843,353 (47.70%)
The top 3 took (£6,671,792) 66.1% of the top 10; A Minecraft Movie 27.4% (£2,492,087); Sinners 23.95% (£2,417,082); Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith (Re: 2025) 17.47% (£1,762,623)
927th biggest percentage share #1 (27.4%) between 11 August 2017 #1 Dunkirk £2,634,839 (24.71%) and 08 November 2002 #1 28 Days Later £1,073,042 ( 24.63%)
977th biggest admissions #1 (321,975) between 06 November 2009 #1 A Christmas Carol £1,917,539 (322,275) and 20 September 2013 #1 Rush £2,099,308 (31.87%)
Up 50.65% from 2024; (£6,698,311); Challengers (£1,607,094); There’s Still Tomorrow (£93,553); Boy Kills World (£81,797); Ordinary Angels (£51,719); #1 Challengers £1,607,094 1st week 699 screens (23.99% of top 10)
Up 28.79% from 2023; (£7,835,588); The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry (£784,698); Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi (40th Anniversary) (£446,291); Polite Society (£220,278); Big George Foreman (£204,220); #1 Super Mario Bros £3,067,431 4th week down 28% 713 screens (39.15%)
Up 10.01% from 2022 (£9,173,308); Downton Abbey: A New Era (£3,072,762); #1 Downton Abbey: A New Era £3,072,762 1st week 739 screens (33.5% of top 10)
2021 Lockdown
2020 Lockdown
Down 78.41% from 2019: (£46,742,473); Avengers: Endgame 92.8% (£43,400,000); Eighth Grade (£144,923); #1 Avengers: Endgame £43,400,000 1st week 679 screens (92.8% of top 10)
Down 70.12% from 2018: (£33,778,278); Avengers: Infinity War (£29,379,496); Cendrillon Met Opera 2018 (£212,367); Beast (£166,295); Bing at the Cinema (£65,535); #1 Avengers: Infinity War £29,379,496 1st week 650 screens (86.9% of top 10)
Down 45.74% from 2017: (£18,771,674); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (£13,092,657); The Promise (£178,388); Lady Macbeth (£174,989); Mad Max: Fury Road – Black & Chrome Edition (£39,399); Lowriders (£6,543); #1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 £13,092,657 1st week 632 screens (69.7% of top 10)
Down 67.39% from 2016: (£30,944,745): Captain America: Civil War (£14,466,681); Demolition (£264,512); Son of Saul (£178,617); Elektra – Met Opera 2016 (£174,559); Ratchet and Clank (£147,848); #1 Captain America: Civil War £14,466,681 605 screens (63.9% of top 10)
Down 55.08% from 2015; (£22,462,873); Avengers: Age Of Ultron (£18,015,774); Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci – Met Opera 2015 (£337,698); #1 Avengers: Age Of Ultron £18,015,774 1st week 583 screens (80.2%)
Up -3.79% from 2014: (£10,488,280); The Other Woman (£2,662,870); Transcendence (£1,181,347); Tracks (£111,337); #1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 £9,011,114 2nd week 63% drop 546 screens (32.1% of top 10)
Down 42.15% from 2013: (£17,443,495); Iron Man 3 (£13,711,048); The Look of Love (£208,557); Bernie (£32,935); #1 Iron Man 3 £13,711,048 1st week 555 screens (78.6% of top 10)
Down 50.81% from 2012 (£20,513,565); Marvel Avengers Assemble (£15,778,074); Albert Nobbs (£106,552); Damsels in Distress (£44,765); African Cats (£41,392); #1 Marvel Avengers Assemble £15,778,074 1st week 521 screens (76.9% of top 10)
Down 17.77% from 2011; (£12,271,421); Thor (£5,449,300); Insidious (£1,441,292); Cedar Rapids (£146,062); #1 Thor £5,449,300 1st week 500 screens (44.4% of top 10)
Down 21.42% from 2010: (£12,841,846); Iron Man 2 (£7,664,732); The Last Song (£679,698); The Disappearance of Alice Creed (£142,324); Gentlemen Broncos (£1,125); #1 Iron Man 2 £7,664,732 1st week 521 screens (69.6% of top 10)
Up 46.30% from 2009; (£6,897,702); State of Play (£1,513,951); The Uninvited (£343,378); Observe and Report (£326,749); #1 State of Play (£1,513,951) 1st week 398 screens (21.95%)
Up 82.07% from 2008; (£5,542,493); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (£5,465,103); Nim’s Island (£820,218); Made of Honour (£749,611); #1 Forgetting Sarah Marshall £5,465,103 1st week 393 screens (38.7% of top 10)
Up 132.95% from 2007: (£4,332,041); Next (£795,012); The Painted Veil (£261,130); This Is England (£207,676); Reno 911! Miami (£137,648); #1 Next £795,012) 1st week 357 screens (18.3% of top 10)
Up 95.63% from 2006; (£5,158,448); 16 Blocks (£778,839); Slither (£488,446); #1 Ice Age II £1,100,736 4th week 42% drop 485 screens (21.3% of top 10)
Down 35.56% from 2005: (£7,444,415); The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (3,298,262); XXX2: The Next Level (£920,506); #1 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy £3,298,262 1st week 465 screens (44.3% of top 10)
Up 65.69% from 2004 (£6,090,459); Kill Bill – Volume 2 (£2,768,832); Taking Lives (£317,740); Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (£211,020); Wondrous Oblivion (£54,624); #1 Kill Bill – Volume 2 £2,768,832 1st week 411 screens (45.4% of top 10)
Up 27.96% from 2003: (£7,886,578); Dreamcatcher (£729,525); Welcome to Collinwood (£688,465): The 25th Hour (£198,341); #1 Johnny English £2,279,100 3rd week 447 screens 10% drop (28.9% of top 10)
Up 15.34% from 2002 (£8,748,862); About A Boy (£3,747,966); Roadkill (£784,853); John Q (£306,517); #1 About A Boy £3,747,966 1st week 446 screens (42.8% of top 10)
2024 Next week: (£8,694,226); The Fall Guy (£3,598,996); Star Wars: Episode I – Phantom Menace (£1,159,370); Tarot (£509,181); Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes And Indira Varma (£184,758); London 2024 (Opera) Carmen – ROH (£69,785); #1 The Fall Guy £3,598,996 1st week 697 screens (41.4% of top 10)
US Box Office
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith (20th anniversary) – Disney
Opened $25,49m; received mixed reviews (79% Rotten Tomatoes)
Took $3.4m from Thursday previews.
Took $775k from 4DX; 2nd best 4DX Star Wars film after $969k The Rise of Skywalker
74% of the audience was 18-34.
803rd biggest opening between Total Recall (1990) and Penguins of Madagascar (close to Fantastic Four (2015), Civil War, Apollo 13, and Tomorrow Never Dies).
20th Century Fox/Disney have been re-releasing the original trilogy and the prequels for their 20th anniversary over the last 28 years since A New Hope in 1997.
1997’s Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope reopened $35.9m, taking $138.25m and $160.7m
1997’s Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back reopened $21.97m, taking $67.59m and $78.42m WW; it was re-released in 2020 for its 20th anniversary, reopening $611k from 611 cinemas weeks after they reopened for the first time after COVID.
1997’s Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi reopened $23.01m, taking $45.47m and $89.38m WW; it was re-released in 2023 for its 20th anniversary, reopening $5.1m, taking $7.25m
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith originally opened in May 2005, $108.43m/$194.7m taking $380.27m/$682.82m and $861.33m/$1.546bn worldwide.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace reopened in 2012 in 3d with $22.46m, taking $43.45m and $102.74m worldwide; it was re-released in 2024 opening $8.7m in selective international territories, but Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones wasn’t re-released in 2022.
Took $17m from 34 territories and $42m worldwide; Germany $4.6m; UK $2.3m; Mexico $1.7m; Australia $1.3m; France $900k.
- The Accountant 2 – MGM
Opened $24.54m; received positive reviews (78% Rotten Tomatoes) and A- CinemaScore.
Took $2.5m from Thursday midnights; Den of Thieves 2 $1.5m; The Beekeeper $2.4m.
850th biggest opening between The Girl on the Train and The Emoji Movie (close to Taken, Collateral, Forrest Gump and The Last Samurai).
Took 38% from PLFs, including Dolby Vision
2016’s The Accountant opened $24.71m, taking $86.26m and $155.56m worldwide
Took $13.7m from 71 territories; Mexico $1.5m; UK $1.2m; Australia $1.2m; Germany $1m; Taiwan $667k.
- Sinner – Warner Bros
Dropped 5% in its second weekend $45.7m and $123.23m
Had the lowest second-weekend drop since 2009’s Avatar.
84th biggest second weekend between Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Oppenheimer (close to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Incredibles, Fantastic Beasts and Gravity).
It was shot in IMAX and released in selected cinemas in 70mm; it had IMAX cinemas for two weeks until Thunderbolts opened; it played in 8 cinemas in IMAX 70mm and 7 Laser IMAX across the US.
Took $10.25m (23%) from IMAX, taking 21% of US BO ($25.3m)
Sinners in the fourth film starring Michael B. Jordan and directed by Ryan Coogler
Female audience grew from 43% in its first weekend to 56% in its second weekend.
Warner Bros acquired Sinners, accepting Ryan Coogler’s demands that included final cut, first-dollar gross, and a rights reversion clause giving him ownership 25 years after release. After losing Christopher Nolan to Universal, Warner Bros wanted to make more prestigious films, including Mickey 17, directed by Bong Joon-ho.
Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald Fennell, The Bride! Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Flowervale Street directed by David Robert Mitchell and Judy directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Quentin Tarantino demanded a similar deal with Sony Pictures for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with Tarantino gaining ownership of the film after 30 years. This is not new, as James Cameron did something similar many years ago; it has a $90m budget.
After its strong second weekend, predictably, Sinners is being called the first major Oscar contender this year; horrors have been rare Oscar winners, only The Silence of the Lambs and Get Out have won awards, but after Substance received five nominations, Sinners will get nominated next year.
2019’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood dropped 51.3% $20.01m and $78.82m of $142.5m and $392.1m worldwide
According to Cinema United/NATO, 2024’s average adult ticket price is $11.51, up 6.8% from 2023 ($10.78). While EntTelligence’s average price of a standard seat was $13.82 in Q1 2025, compared to $13.02 in Q1 2024. For IMAX, adult prices increased from $18.31 in Q1 2024 to $19.51 in Q1 2025. The average standard ticket increased from $12.14 in 2024 to $12.93 in Q1 of 2025. For Minecraft, the average standard seat was $15.15, according to EntTelligence.
In comparison, we are to believe UK prices dropped 2.7% last year despite far higher energy cost increases in the UK over the last year compared to the US and also minimum wage increases.
2013’s Fruitvale Station dropped 43.3% $2.6m taking $10.85m of $16.1m and $17.38m; received widespread critical acclaim, had a budget of $900k, and was acquired for $2m
2015’s Creed dropped 49.4% $14.98m and $64.58m of $105.77m and $174.17m worldwide; had two more sequels and a fourth in development
2018’s Black Panther dropped 44.7% $111.65m, and $403.61m of $700.42m and $1.349bn worldwide
Similar films include.
2022’s Nope dropped 58.1% $18.58m and $80.62m of $123.27m and $171.23m worldwide
2019’s US dropped 53.3% $33.22m and $127.84m of $175.08m and $256.07m worldwide
2017’s Get Out dropped 15.4% $28.23m and $78.07m of $176.04m and $255.4m worldwide
Other comparisons include.
1994’s Interview With The Vampire dropped 52.1% $17.43m/$46.12m and $63.61m/$168.31m of $105.26m/$260.9m and $223.66m/$554.5m inflated worldwide
2025’s Nosferatu dropped 39.5% $13.09m and $69.29m of $95.6m and $181.01m worldwide
Opened with $13.5m from 71 territories $39.1m total, and $161.6m worldwide; UK $9.5m; France $4.9m; Australia $2.8m; Mexico $2.5m; Germany $2m.
; UK $3.2m; France $2m; Mexico $1.1m; took $30.6m from IMAX worldwide; $30.3m from the US, and $5.3m internationally from 359 IMAX cinemas; 8.8% worldwide from IMAX.
- A Minecraft Movie – Warner Bros
Dropped 44% in its fourth weekend, taking $22.7m #4 and $379.95m
38th biggest fourth between Shrek 2 and Wicked (close to Zootopia, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, and Toy Story 3)
58th biggest between Finding Nemo and Jurassic World: Dominion; 225th biggest, inflated between Sister Act and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2; 2nd biggest film based on a video game between The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog 3; 6th biggest Warner Bros film between Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II and The Batman.
Fourth weekends
2023’s Super Mario Bros dropped 31.9% $40.83m, and $490.85m of $574.93m and $1.36bn worldwide
2014’s The Lego Movie dropped 33.5% $20.82m, and $209.13m of $257.96m and $470.75m worldwide
2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle dropped 24.5% $28.1m, and $284.23m of $404.54m and $962.54m WW
2023’s Barbie dropped 36.2% $33.83m and $526.44m of $636.23m and $1.447bn WW
Took $37.8m from 76 territories $436.6m total, and $816.6m worldwide. UK $67.1m; Germany $33.7m; Australia $31.8m; Mexico $28.4m; took $9.6m from IMAX internationally and $26.6m worldwide.
101st biggest worldwide between Independence Day and Fantastic Beasts; 2nd biggest video game worldwide between The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.359bn) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ($489.9m); 19th biggest Warner Bros film worldwide between Wonder Woman and Fantastic Beasts.
- Until Dawn – Sony Pictures
Opened $8.01m #5; received mixed reviews (53% Rotten Tomatoes) and C+ CinemaScore.
Took $1m from Thursday midnight.
Directed by David F. Sandberg, previously directed 2016’s Light Out (opened $21.68m, taking $67.26m and $149.36m WW); 2017’s Annabelle: Creation (opened $35m, taking $102.09m and $306.59m WW); 2019’s Shazam! (opened $53.5m, taking $140.48m and $367.79m WW) and 2023’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods (opened $30.11m, taking $57.63m and $134.13m WW).
It was based on the PlayStation game and inspired by films like Evil Dead, Poltergeist, The Cabin in the Woods and Happy Death Day.
Critics reacted mixed to it, but audience reactions have been far more positive. However, with a C+ CinemaScore, it’s unlikely to last long in cinemas. With a $15m budget, it could still be profitable, so as the director said in a recent interview, there could be a sequel.
Took $10.1m from 60 territories and $18.1m worldwide.
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Thunderbolts are the 36th film in the MCU is the final film of Phase Five, which has been very disappointing, featuring Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, Deadpool & Wolverine and Captain America: Brave New World.
Thunderbolts is yet another comic-book movie about a group of anti-heroes forced into a deadly mission that could bring them redemption, as seen in Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad. They are “forced” into action as the Avengers aren’t around, as was the case with Suicide Squad, so the B-Team.
The director compared Thunderbolts with films like Reservoir Dogs, Ronin and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, so audiences could just wait three weeks and see the real thing with the final Mission: Impossible film.
Thunderbolts will likely play only to the biggest MCU fans, as most of Phase Five has done, likely to open similarly to Captain America: Brave New World £6,404,345, taking £17,388,961; similar to 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy £6,363,110, taking £28,326,152; Disney will, of course, say the 35 MCU films have taken almost £1.2bn since 2008, why are critics reacting differently to them now as they haven’t changed they are still the same films,
The problem is that these have been made by the numbers of MCUs using characters from TV series that make them far less accessible to those who just liked watching the films without having to do homework to understand them.
Audiences will not return to the MCU until Avengers: Doomsday opens in a year. It will be interesting to see how it compares to Infinity War and Endgame, as they were the end of the original MCU, while Doomsday is about bringing the X-Men into the MCU.
Thunderbolts has received the best reviews for the MCU since Avengers Endgame, but its marketing campaign, like most since Avengers Endgame, has been muted, apart from Florence Pugh doing the interview rounds last week.
The problem is that when a campaign starts muted, it’s hard to build up energy for it, so the positive reviews are too late, as people have already made up their minds about whether they are going to see it.
The energy and excitement for the MCI will return for Fantastic Four in July, but it’s the third version of Fantastic Four over the last 20 years, the last released a decade ago.
While A Minecraft Movie will see a 50%-60% drop in its fifth weekend with Thunderbolts opening, it will be interesting to see how Sinners holds as it’s playing to different demographics.
- Opening in three weeks
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Paramount Pictures (Monday)
Action spy direct sequel to 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, and Angela Bassett and directed by Christopher McQuarrie; the eighth instalment in Mission: Impossible film series and expected to be the final film of the series starring Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise announced in 2019 that the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible films would be shot back-to-back. Filming started in March 2022 but was stopped in July 2023 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike restarting in March 2024 and ending in November 2024. It was originally titled MI – Dead Reckoning Part Two, but after the first film underperformed it was retitled The Final Reckoning.
It was originally due to be released in August 2022, a year after Dead Reckoning Part One in July 2021, but both films’ release dates were delayed several times. In October 2023 Paramount moved it to May 2025 so it can have at least two weeks of IMAX screens after Dead Reckoning Part One only had one week despite being filmed in IMAX due to Oppenheimer opening the following weekend.
Having a similar release date to Top Gun: Maverick, it was no surprise it would have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival as Paramount tries to replicate what they did with Top Gun: Maverick in 2022.
Due to its many delays, The Final Reckoning has a reported budget of $400m making it one of the most expensive films ever made. Being shot in the UK, the film received 25% tax breaks of about $100m.
It has a running time of 169 minutes 6 minutes longer than Dead Reckoning Part One, which felt far too long.
2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One opened £10,391,016; taking £4,047,040 from 4 days of previews (39% of opening); £1.15m Mon (11.06%); £1.09m Tues (10.5%); £0.98m Weds (9.43%); £0.83m Thurs (7.98%); taking £1.7m Fri (16.36%); £2.8m Sat (26.94%) and £1.8m Sun (17.32%) and took £792k on second Mon (29% drop); £817k Tues (21.5% drop) £12m total after 8 days.
Opened in 52 IMAX cinemas, taking about 12% of the weekend BO, similar to Top Gun: Maverick.
2018’s Mission: Impossible Fallout also opened in a crowded marketplace, opening #1 with £7,300,103 with Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! #2 £7,104,808 2nd weekend (27% drop); Incredibles 2 #3 £5,146,128 (24% drop) and Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation opening #4 £3,449,876 with Andre Rieu’s 2018 Maastricht Concert: Amore #5 £1,486,528.
2015’s Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation opened #1 £5,351,344; Inside Out #2 £3,574,424 2nd weekend; Southpaw #3 £1,129,608; Ant-Man #4 £1,126,080; Minions #5 £1,007,186.
Tom Cruise’s last 37 films took almost £480m (£ 800 m+ inflated), 20% from Top Gun: Maverick (£83.6m), while the 7 Mission: Impossible films have taken £ 125 m+ (£180m) combined.
The Final Reckoning was going to open on Wednesday 21st May but will now have subtitled previews on Monday (as Paramount have done with many of their films over the last year, and additional previews on Tuesday. So will now have a 7-day opening.
1996’s Mission Impossible opened £4,161,780/£8,149,726, taking £18,351,333/£35,936,148
2000’s Mission: Impossible II opened £4,621,948/£8,667,512, taking £17,291,606/£32,426,847
2006’s Mission: Impossible III opened £5,378,013/£8,801,389, taking £15,342,575/£25,108,896
2011’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opened £8,188,209/£10,768,981, taking £17,536,984/£23,064,317
2015’s Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation opened £5,351,344/£5,915,425, taking £21,074,999
2018’s Mission: Impossible- Fallout opened £7,300,103/£8,058,424, taking £24,373,443
2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One opened £10,391,016, taking £26,579,966
- Lilo & Stitch – Disney (Wednesday)
Sci-fi comedy adventure reimagination of the 2002 animated film starring Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, and Courtney B. Vance, Tia Carrere, Amy Hill, and Jason Scott Lee and directed by Dean Fleischer Camp.
Disney announced plans to remake the 2002 animated film in 2018; the first teaser was released in November, attached to Moana 2 a second teaser was attached to Mufasa: The Lion King in December. A TV spot played during the Superbowl in February received 173.1m online views in 24 hours. The first trailer was released in March with 158m views within 24 hours, the second most watched trailer after the teaser trailer for 2019’s The Lion King, with 224.6m views.
Lilo & Stitch is the first reimagination of an original Disney animated film, The 2002 animated film wasn’t as popular as all of the other animated films. Reimaginations were based on but became a bigger hit on home video over the last 23 years. Making it impossible to compare Lilo & Stitch’s reimagination with the others Disney have made over the last 15 years since Alice in Wonderland.
In 2002, Lilo & Stitch opened £1,516,249/£2,799,229 #1 280 screens, taking £12,892,631/£23,801,780; there were three straight-to-video sequels including 2003’s Stitch! The Movie and 2005’s Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. Several TV animated series and several video games.
- The Phoenician Scheme – Universal Pictures
Black comedy featuring an ensemble cast of Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, and Hope Davis and written and directed by Wes Anderson.
Received its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
The Phoenician Scheme was the fourth Wes Anderson film to receive its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival after The French Dispatch and Moonrise Kingdom, and the second film directed by Wes Anderson to be released by Universal Pictures since 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom.
Similar to Paul Thomas Anderson’s films, Wes Anderson always receives critical acclaim, but they often struggle to break out into wider audiences. 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel and 2009’s Fantastic Mr Fox were the only two films that have done so.
2023’s Asteroid City opened £1,176,972; £372k Friday (31.6%); £393k Saturday (33.4%); £412k Sunday (35%) taking £4,923,619
2021’s The French Dispatch opened #6 with £867,672 from 315 screens taking £4,167,060
2018’s Isle of Dogs £1,641,509 on 487 screens (£194,905 from previews) taking £6,009,438
2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel opened £1,532,239 on 287 screens (dropped only 20% in the second weekend, taking £1,309,103, adding 90 screens and £4,115,618) taking £10,978,014
2009’s Fantastic Mr Fox opened on 481 screens for £1,517,312 (increased 2% in second weekend taking £1,545,325 (due to half-term) £5,589,484) taking £8,707,283.
2012’s Moonrise Kingdom opened #7 £251,760 from 163 screens (dropped 16% in the second weekend £210,804 and £724,870), taking £1,378,748
2007’s The Darjeeling Limited opened £435,198 #6 from 192 screens taking £1,323,698
2004’s The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou opened £455,722 #9 from 207 screens taking £1,323,544
2002’s The Royal Tenenbaums opened #4 £700,025 from 169 screens taking £2,674,161
1998’s Rushmore took £424,055
