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Box Office Round-up
Thunderbolts* made it two weeks in the top spot adding £2.4m, a drop of 53% from last weekend. Captain America: Brave New World fell 54% on its second weekend back in February, which was a school holiday week, so Thunderbolts* is holding up slightly better. After 11 days in cinemas, the Marvel blockbuster has banked a solid £11.6m, which means that it’s just £718k behind the final total of The Fall Guy (£12.4m), which opened on the same weekend in 2024.
Sinners stayed in second and posted another strong hold on a very sunny weekend, falling 41% to £1.1m. That takes its total after four weekends in cinemas to £13.1m and it is now the biggest horror film of 2025, with a total £530 (yes, just five hundred and thirty) more than Nosferatu.
A Minecraft Movie continued its hugely impressive run adding £622k, down 51% from last weekend, which takes its total to a HUGE £54.9m. It is now just £8k behind the final total of The Super Maro Bros. Movie and it will overtake that today. With half-term on the horizon, there should be a bit more to come from A Minecraft Movie.
Ocean With David Attenborough opened on Thursday and in four days has banked a healthy £576k, with £323k of that coming from Friday to Sunday. The last time David Attenborough attached his name to a big screen release was in cinemas in 2020 with David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet which grossed £485k, so Ocean has surpassed that.
The Accountant 2 rounded out the top five adding £227k from Friday to Sunday, which takes its total to £2.3m. This is a disappointing performance for a sequel to a well-liked first film, which finished its run with £5.3m.
Outside of the top five, Nicolas Cage-starring thriller The Surfer opened in seventh with £132k, which includes £37k from previews.
Next Weekend
Final Destination: Bloodlines is a new film in the playful horror series. Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them. It’s in cinemas from Wednesday.
Hurry Up Tomorrow is a psychological thriller starring Jenna Ortega, The Weeknd, Barry Keoghan. An insomniac musician encounters a mysterious stranger, leading to a journey that challenges everything he knows about himself.
Hallow Road is a thriller starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys as two parents who enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter, after she caused a tragic car accident.
The Buzz
The Long Walk is one of three upcoming Stephen King adaptation to hit cinemas in 2025. Francis Lawrence directs a thriller about a group of teenage boys who compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," where they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. Lawrence has plenty of experience directing dystopian thrillers having helmed the last four Hunger Games films, and he’s put together a cast that includes some of the most exciting up and coming actors (David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang). It’s one of the best ways to reach 16-34 men in September.
Across The Pond
Thunderbolts* stayed in the top spot in North America too, adding $33.1m for a new total of $128.5m. Sinners continued its extraordinary run in second, adding $21.1m for a new total of $214.4m and it’s only the fourth R-rated film in history to break the $200m barrier. A Minecraft Movie added $8m in third, for a huge new total of $409m. The Accountant 2 added $6.1m on its third weekend for a new total of $50.9m and Clown In A Cornfield rounded out the top five, opening with $3.7m.