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Spider-Man: Brand New Day added £6.1m on its third weekend, which is down 49% from last weekend. That takes its total after just 19 days in cinemas to a ridiculous £78.7m to make it the 12th biggest film of all-time in the UK & Ireland. A potential £100m total is still on, a total only two films have reached in the past (Skyfall and Star Wars: The Force Awakens). In terms of previous Tom Holland Spider-Man films, Homecoming finished on £30.8m, Far From Home finished on £37.4m and No Way Home finished on £97.3m. A remarkable box office progression.
The Odyssey delivered a terrific fifth weekend, adding £3.7m, which is down just 29% from last weekend. That takes its total after 31 days in cinemas to a HUGE £69.1m and it is now the 19th biggest film of all-time in the UK & Ireland. It would have been comfortably the biggest film of the year in 2024 and 2025 and there’s a chance it overtakes Top Gun: Maverick, the biggest film of 2022, which finished with £83.9m.
The End Of Oak Street opened in third with £2.1m, which includes £78k from previews. This time last year, Weapons opened with £2.6m and had terrific legs to get to £11.9m, so hopefully The End Of Oak Street will display similar staying power.
One of the hottest new pop acts, Katseye, had a documentary / concert film, KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS, in cinemas on Wednesday and Saturday and it grossed an impressive £725k.
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie rounded out the top five, adding £695k for a new total of £3.2m. The previous Paw Patrol movie, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, finished on £8.2m, which is the target for this new film.
Outside of the top five, the Anthony Bourdain biopic, Tony, opened in eighth with £402k, which includes £110k from previews. This is expected to expand to further screens from next weekend.
Next Weekend
- Mutiny stars Jason Statham in an action thriller from the director of Plane. After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed (Statham) is set up to take the fall for the crime, leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.
- Spa Weekend stars Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau as three friends who go on a spa weekend that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend (Isla Fisher) joins, leading to hilarious consequences.
- Insidious: Out Of The Further is the latest film in the popular horror series. Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.
- Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma is the latest film from Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw The TV Glow). Hannah Einbinder stars as a director making a slasher sequel who becomes obsessed with casting the original film's 'final girl,' leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos. Gillian Anderson co-stars.
- Coyote Vs. Acme is a mixture of live-action and animation. It’s a story set in the ACME warehouse, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters. John Cena, Lana Condor and Will Forte co-star.
The Buzz
Wicker stars Olivia Colman as an ostracised fisherwoman who commissions the local basket-maker to weave her a husband, but when her wicker creation proves unexpectedly extraordinary, his presence ignites jealousy and upheaval that threatens their quiet village. The first trailer was released online a couple of weeks ago and it has quickly become one of the most talked-about, and meme-able films in recent memory. The US Ikea Instagram page did a post entitled ‘Husband Material’ featuring their wicker products, that has since been liked 111k times. Alton Towers have got in on the act too, with a post about one of their rides that resembles a wicker head. It looks like attracting a very similar audience to Wuthering Heights earlier in the year when it hits cinemas on 30 October. Here’s the first trailer:
Across The Pond
Spider-Man: Brand New Day stayed in the top spot with a huge $70m, the second best third weekend of all-time. That takes its total to $785.8m and it’s on track to become the biggest film in North American history. The Odyssey came in second, adding $23.2m, for a new total of $504.7m. The End Of Oak Street opened in third with $21m, and Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie opened in fourth with $20.5m. Finally, Katseye: Wild Hearts rounded out the top five, opening with $4m.