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Box Office Round-up
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale topped the box office for a second successive weekend, adding £2.3m, which is down 48% from last weekend. Downton Abbey, like most of the box office took a hefty hit on Friday, as summer temporarily returned. That takes The Grand Finale’s total to £10.1m. The previous film, Downton Abbey: A New Era finished its run with £15.1m, so The Grand Finale still looks to be heading to a total above that.
The Conjuring: Last Rites came in second, adding £1.5m, down 46% from last weekend. That takes its total after three weekends in cinemas to £15m, and it is setting a huge benchmark for the next film in the series (if there is one), surpassing the previous biggest film of the series, 2016’s The Enfield Case, which finished with £11.1m.
After its incredible opening weekend last week, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle took something of a tumble this weekend, falling 74% to £907k. That takes its total to £5.5m. There have been three other Demon Slayer films in cinemas over the last four years, and the best performing before this one was 2021’s Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, which finished its run with £1.2m. This is going to finish its run with about £5m more than that.
The Long Walk came in fourth, posting the best hold in the top five, falling 26% to £821k. That takes its total after 10 days in cinemas to £2.6m. This is the third Stephen King adaptation to hit cinemas in 2025, after The Monkey in February and The Life Of Chuck in August. The Monkey is currently the biggest, finishing its run with £3.1m, but The Long Walk will overtake that over the next week.
The Roses rounded out the top five, adding £603k, which takes its total to £8.5m. Last year, Olivia Colman starred in Wicked Little Letters, which finished its run with £9.6m and The Roses looks set for a similar total.
Outside of the top five, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey opened in sixth with a disappointing £534k. This is Margot Robbie’s first starring role since the gargantuan success of Barbie, and it has fared very differently. The 60th anniversary re-release of The Sound Of Music opened in ninth with £179k.
Next Weekend
One Battle After Another is the latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza) and stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn. When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter. It’s the best reviewed film of the year, and possibly the best reviewed major film since Parasite in 2020.
The Strangers: Chapter 2 is the latest film in the horror series. On the final day of their cross-country road trip, a couple's vehicle breaks down, forcing them to take refuge in a remote Airbnb. As night falls, three masked strangers terrorize them until dawn.
Dead Of Winter stars Emma Thompson in an action-thriller. Thompson plays a woman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
Spider-Man 2.1 is an extended cut of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, one of the best comic book movies ever.
The Buzz
Anaconda is a sequel/remake of the 1997 thriller of the same name that starred Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube. This new iteration stars Jack Black and Paul Rudd as two members of a group of friends who are going through a mid-life crisis. They decide to remake a favourite movie from their youth but encounter unexpected events when they enter the jungle. It’s in cinemas from Christmas day.
Across The Pond
Him opened in the top spot with $13.5m. The Conjuring: Last Rites came in second, adding $13m for a new total of $151.2m. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle fell to third, adding $6.3m for a new total of $99.3m. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale came in fourth, adding $6.3m for a new total of $31.6m, while The Long Walk rounded out the top five, adding $6.4m for a new total of $22.7m.