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Box Office Round-up
The Housemaid is still a sensation. The twisty-thriller added £2m this weekend, which is down just 29% from last weekend. That takes its total to £26m and a final total over £30m is looking increasingly likely. This is an amazing result, especially when you compare that to some of last summer’s biggest films – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning finished on £26.4m, and Superman finished on £28.1m.
We have an awards season blockbuster! Hamnet posted another great hold, adding £2m, down just 25% from last weekend. That takes its total after three weekends in cinemas to £12.1m, and it is closing in on the final total of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, the biggest awards season title post-covid, which finished on £15.6m. With the Oscar nominations announced last Thursday (Hamnet received eight), and the BAFTA nominations announced this week, there should be lots left in the tank.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple added £1.2m, which is down 49% from last weekend. That takes its total after two weekends in cinemas to £5.7m. The first film finished on £15.8m, which is a total out of reach of The Bone Temple, but hopefully it can get close to £10m before the end of its run.
Avatar: Fire And Ash came in fourth again on its sixth weekend, adding £1.1m, which is down 36% from last weekend. That takes its total to £40.2m and its now the fourth highest grossing film released in 2025.
Zootropolis 2 rounded out the top five, posting an excellent hold, increasing on last weekend by 5% to £1m. That takes its total to £31.7m and with February half-term on the horizon, a final total over £35m looks possible.
Outside of the top five, Saipan opened in seventh with £772k, which includes £688k from previews after opening in Ireland on 1 January. Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice may have missed out at the Oscars, but it opened in eighth with £621k, which includes £188k from previews. Chris Pratt sci-fi, Mercy, opened in ninth with £612k, while Return To Silent Hill opened in 10th with £580k.
Next Weekend
Shelter stars Jason Statham as a recluse on a remote Scottish island who rescues a girl from the sea, unleashing a perilous sequence of events that culminate in an attack on his home, compelling him to face his turbulent history. The classy cast also includes Naomi Ackie and Bill Nighy.
Primate is about a chimpanzee that gets rabies and starts attacking people.
Is This Thing On? is a loose biopic of Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop and his introduction to stand-up comedy. Will Arnett, Laura Dern, and Bradley Cooper star.
Nouvelle Vague is the second film in a few months from Richard Linklater, after Blue Moon. It’s about the behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.
Kangaroo is a heart-warming family comedy about disgraced TV Host, Chris, and a young indigenous girl, Charlie, who work together to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned joeys in a remote Outback community.
The Buzz
Masters Of The Universe stars Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man in a new live-action version of the hugely popular 80s cartoon. Galitzine plays Adam, a young man on Earth who discovers a fabulous secret legacy as the prince of an alien planet, and must recover a magic sword and return home to protect his kingdom. The cast also includes Kristen Wiig, Alison Brie, Idris Elba and Morena Baccarin.
Across The Pond
On a weekend with severe weather warnings across many states, Mercy opened in the top spot with $11.1m. Avatar: Fire And Ash fell to second, adding $7m for a new total of $378.5m. Zootopia 2 added $5.7m in third for a new total of $401.4m. The Housemaid added $4.2m in fourth, which takes it to $115.5m and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple rounded out the top five, adding $3.6m for a new total of $20.8m.