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Box Office Round-up
One Battle After Another takes the top spot at the UK box office in it’s release week with £2.4m. This is director Paul Thomas Anderson’s most successful opening weekend by £1.5m, with Licorice Pizza opening with £879k in 2022. OBAA is already exceeding its comparative film The Banshees of Inisherin, which opened with £1.6m and went on to finish at £10m, so we can expect it to outperform that.
Hamilton (10th Anniversary) also opened this weekend, taking the second spot with £1.7m. This is the live recording of the Broadway production of Hamilton, which has been available to stream on Disney+ since 2020 and became one of the most streamed films of that year. Re-release/anniversary admissions have doubled in 2024 since 2022 (1.1m vs 2.2m), showing us that there is an obvious appetite for these types of showings, and with Hamilton in the second spot this week, we’re likely to see more on the slate in the coming months.
Dropping from the top spot last week, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale comes in third, with a decline of 43% this week, adding £1.2m taking its total to £13.4m. The last 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 takes the fourth spot adding £834k, seeing a decline of 45% and taking its total to £16.4m. The last film in 2021, The Conjuring the Devil Made Me Do It, grossed £9.6m in total, so we have already surpassed the last instalment. Looking the genre over the years, The Conjuring: Last Rites holds the spot as the fourth most successful horror of all time, behind only just It: Chapter 2 (2019) with £18.9m, The Woman in Black (2012) with £21.3m and It (2017) with £32.2m.
The Long Walk comes in fifth with £466k, taking a 43% hit this week, bringing its total up to £3.5m. This is the third Stephen King adaptation to hit cinemas in 2025, after The Monkey (£3.1m) in February which The Long Walk has now surpassed, and The Life Of Chuck in August.
Outside of the top five, The Roses added another £344k in its fifth weekend, dropping 44%. The Strangers: Chapter 2 opened with £331k across 425 locations. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle added £322k in its third week, seeing a 64% drop, taking its total to £6.2m. The Bad Guys 2 takes the ninth spot despite schools going back, adding another 1% with £234k, taking its total to £13.5m, just 2% behind The Bad Guys (£13.8m). A Big Bold Beautiful Journey closes the chart at with £161k, a 70% drop from its opening, reaching £1m in total.
Next Weekend
The Smashing Machine - MMA fighter Mark Kerr reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way.
Him - Cameron Cade is a rising quarterback who suffers a potentially career-ending injury after being attacked by an unhinged fan. Just when all seems lost, Cam receives a lifeline when his hero, Isaiah White, offers to train him at an isolated compound. However, as the training accelerates, Isaiah's charisma turns into something darker, sending Cam down a disorienting rabbit hole that may cost him more than he ever bargained for.
Urchin – Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut, sleeping rough on the streets of London, Mike seems unable to escape the chaos of his impulsivity and substance abuse. He's intelligent and charismatic, but when his addiction results in an act of unprovoked violence, he's quickly arrested.
The Buzz
The Official Release Party of a Showgirl is Taylor Swift’s new entertainment experience, running only Oct 3 - Oct 5 in cinemas, where audiences get to see the exclusive world premiere of the music video for Taylor's new single “The Fate of Ophelia”, along with never before seen behind-the-scenes footage of how it was made, cut by cut explanations of what inspired this music, and the brand-new lyric videos from the new album The Life of a Showgirl. Swifties made the most of the cultural moment that was the Era’s Tour film, which delivered a brilliant £12m at the UK box office, holding the title as the most commercially successful event cinema film in five years. Now, Taylor Swift’s release party experience will bring Swifties and eager fans alike together for another unforgettable event. This film will be an ideal and efficient way for brands to engage 16-34 women, looking to aligning with the year’s biggest music-cultural moment to drive relevance, emotional connection, and viral exposure among a highly influential demographic. Brand interest is high, and the Gold Spot has already been taken…