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Toy Story 5 topped the box office for the third straight weekend, adding £5.7m, which is down just 37% from last weekend. That takes its total after three weekends in cinemas to £38m and it’s now the third biggest film of 2026 to date and with the school summer holidays still two weeks away, there’s plenty more to come too. Toy Story 4 finished its run with £66.2m, which is a realistic target for this fifth film.
Minions & Monsters is the seventh film in the Despicable Me / Minions series and has debuted with the quietest opening weekend of any film in the series since the very first, Despicable Me, which opened with £3.5m in October 2010. Minions & Monsters has launched with £4.4m, which includes £862k from previews after opening on Wednesday.
The Invite opened in fourth with £799k, which includes £50k from previews. Last year, Babygirl opened with £1m on its way to £4.5m, which is a realistic target for The Invite.
Supergirl added £780k on its third weekend, which is down a hefty 63% from last weekend. That takes its total after two weekends in cinemas to £4.5m. Director Craig Gillespie’s last film of this scale in cinemas was 2021’s well-liked Cruella, which finished on £9.5m, which looks out of reach for Supergirl.
Obsession continued it’s legendary run, rounding out the top five with £495k on its eighth weekend, which is down just 16% from last weekend. In last week’s summary I said that it’s looking like it won’t be able to surpass last year’s biggest horror, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which finished on £18.3m, but after an incredible hold, I’m not so sure any more.
Outside of the top five, a new version of Backrooms hit cinemas, entitled Backrooms Everything Must Go, which includes 15 minutes extra footage after the film has finished. It was enough to see its weekend total increase by 2% from last weekend to £201k and a new total of £12.7m.
Next Weekend
- Moana is the live action adaptation of one of the biggest Disney animations of the past 20 years. In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
- Evil Dead Burn is the latest film in the extremely gnarly horror series. After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life - survive even in death. It’s in cinemas from Thursday.
The Buzz
Werwulf is the latest heavily stylised thriller from Robert Eggers (The VVitch, The Lighthouse, Nosferatu). Eggers continues his fascination with medieval Britain in this tale of a a mysterious creature that stalks the foggy countryside, transforming local folklore into terrifying reality as villagers face an ancient supernatural threat. Nosferatu was a big hit when it hit cinemas on New Year’s Day 2025 and it delivered over 1m DCM admissions. Werwulf has almost much of the same cast (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily Rose-Depp, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson) and the same release date as Nosferatu. It’s one of the best films for 16-34 adults in Q1 when it hits cinemas on 1 January 2027. Here’s the first trailer:
Across The Pond
On the 4th July holiday weekend Minions & Monsters opened in the top spot with a five-day total of $61.4m. Toy Story 5 fell to second, adding $31m across the three-day weekend, which takes its total to a terrific $366.3m. Young Washington opened in third with $20.8m. Supergirl fell to fourth, adding $9.6m for a new total of $58.5m. Disclosure Day rounded out the top five, adding $6m for a new total of $105.3m.