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| class | Film (country of origin) | distributor | October 23-25 | gun | main |
| 1 | Ghost: The Button House’s Possession (uk) | Lionsgate | £2.4m | £2.5m | 1 |
| 2 | Clayface (us) | warner bros | £1.9 million | £2m | 1 |
| 3 | Ali G: Who am I? (UK-USA) | Amazon MGM | £1.3 million | £1.3 million | 1 |
| 4 | street fighter (us) | top | £1m | £4.3m | 2 |
| 5 | Wildwood (USA) | black bear | £983,000 | £1m | 1 |
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New releases along with Lionsgate comedies round out the top five at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend. Ghost: The Button House’s Possession It came out on top with £2.4m in revenue across 642 sites, with a respectable site average of £3,827.
Simon Hynd directed 15 episodes of the 2019-2023 BBC comedy series on which the film is based. The poltergeists at Burton House face the arrival of a group of unwanted teenagers and protestors, and the ghosts discover technology in the possession of humans. Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lolly Adefope, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby and Martha Howe-Douglas will reprise their roles from the show. It costs £2.5m including previews.
Warner Brothers’ Clayface It opened this weekend at £1.9m across 576 locations, coming in second place with a site average of £3,350. Add the £82,000 from the preview, for a total of £2m. Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie will star in the third film in the relaunched DC Universe franchise. James Watkins directs the story of a rising Hollywood star whose body turns to clay. The film topped the global box office charts over the weekend.
Mockumentary at Amazon MGM Ali G: Who am I? £1.3 million opened across 458 locations, with a site average of £2,838. Despite advertising the film as a weekend-only release, the film will now remain in theaters for the remainder of UK-Ireland bookings next weekend.
It’s the sixth-best comedy opening at the British-Irish box office this year, but falls behind Sasha Baron Cohen’s previous film outings. Ali G’s last movie, Ali G Inda HouseIt opened in 2002 for £10.3m. dictator and bruno While it opened in 2012 and 2009 for around £5 million each, Borat It grossed £6.2m on its opening weekend in 2006.
Morgana Robinson stars as Ali G’s pregnant girlfriend, who travels to the United States in a misguided attempt to revive his talk show and support his growing family.
Paramount’s martial arts film topped the UK-Ireland box office last weekend street fighterIt raised £1m in its second weekend and has now reached a total of £4.3m.
black bear Wildwood It grossed £983,000 from 655 sites on its opening weekend, the distributor’s biggest ever release. The location average for the Laika Animation and BFI London Film Festival world premiere was £1,501, with a total including previews of £1m. Travis Knight, CEO of American animation studio Laika, will direct.
universal animation forgotten island The second session saw a 25% drop to a weekend total of £938,000 and an overall figure of £2.9m.
Amazon MGM’s verity The film, which stars Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, added £642,000 in its fourth weekend and is being released through Sony, where it now sells for a total of £10.8m.
universal horror another momIt grossed £432,000 in its third weekend, before falling 50% in its second weekend to a total of £4.7m.
Paramount’s survival thriller heart of the beast, The Brad Pitt-led film grossed £281,000 in its fifth weekend and has now grossed just under £7m.
sony’s resident evil It earned £229,000 in its sixth weekend, taking its total to £14.2m.
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Ahead of the sixth weekend release, Shaun the Sheep: Beast of the Mossy Floor Total revenue was £307,000, up 16% on the previous session and likely boosted by the start of the school half-term holidays. The film is currently the highest-grossing theatrical Sky Original film of all time, beating out the previous record holder, Ellen Kuras’ film. Mr. LeeIt earned £4.5 million in September 2024. Studiocanal handled the theatrical release on behalf of Sky.
Trafalgar Releasing at Event Cinema BTS World Tour Arirang held in Buenos Aires Since launching on Sunday it has grossed £237,000 from 231 locations, with a site average of £1,036. A mini festival consisting of different K-pop concert films was released on 43 sites the day before. Enhypen: World Tour (Blood Saga) Revenue £11,200 (site average £261); Tomorrow by Together World Tour ‘Act Tomorrow’ A total of £8,100 (site average of £189); and Hype Cheer Party Total profit was £3,300 (site average of £76).
Mubi opened with £198,000 from 86 places for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cannes competition title. fatherlandThe story about Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika stars Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller. The average price on the site is £2,302, with a total opening cost including previews of £310,000.
Fifth weekend, Universal’s sense and emotion It brought in £193,000, down just 13% on the previous session. Georgia Oakley’s Jane Austen adaptation is worth up to £6.4m overall.
universals Odyssey In its 15th weekend of release, it grossed £176,000, up 2% on the previous session, for a total of £88m.
Taika Waititi’s BFI London Film Festival World Premiere Clara and the sunThe film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 science fiction novel, starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams, has started selling at Sony’s 368 locations for £176,000. The site average was £477.
paramount animation Tad and the magic lamp It opened at £175,000 across 502 sites, with a venue average of £349. The cumulative total, including £102,000 in previews, is £277,000.
Dogwoof’s Gaza Documentary morning It enjoyed a strong second weekend, adding £134,000, down just 23% from its opening. The current total is £548,000.
sony’s social evaluation It grossed £118,000 in its third weekend, taking its total to £160m.
Animation by Kazoo Films monster Mia, The story about a young girl who starts out as the only human at Monster Academy and is directed by Verena Fels, grossed £64,000 from 342 sites, with a position average of £187. Add preview and it’s up to £166,000.
Led by Tom Cruise of Warner Bros. seller It added £62,000 in the fourth session, now taking its total to just under £3m.
Trafalgar also presented a comedy play by Noel Coward. fallen angels, It recorded a total of £96,000 over the weekend, with a site average of £269 across 355 locations. Including previews, the total comes to £204,000.
In the 13th session Spider-Man: Brand New Day It added £61,000 to Sony, bringing the total to £100.2m.
on Studiocanal in its seventh weekend of release. enter It added £49,000, down 47% from last weekend. The current total stands at £7.3m.
Hindi spy comedy from Moviegoers Entertainment Uta Tier, Aakash Kaushik’s directorial debut opened to £46,000 from 78 sites, for a location average of £588.
Paramount’s Paw Patrol: Dinosaur Movie It added £49,000 in its 12th weekend of release, taking its total to £6.5m.
‘Park Circus’ scream The cost of the relaunch was £33,000 across 297 locations, with a site average of £110.
Scottish Ballet reinterprets Romeo and Juliet these violent pleasureshandled by Tull Stories, has grossed £6,500 since the event launched on Wednesday (October 21), taking in £204 across three sites over the weekend, for an average of £68.
movie documentary Making Marie AntoinetteA 2006 film about directing by the late director Eleanor Coppola’s daughter Sofia. marie Antoinette, It opened at £1,302 across six locations, with a venue average of £217, taking the overall figure including previews to £18,000.