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Box Office Round-up
How To Train Your Dragon takes the top spot at the UK box office this week with £5.6m on its opening weekend, and £8.1m including Monday-Thursday previews. How To Train Your Dragon 2 still holds the title as the best performing film of the franchise at £25.5m, but this new live-action remake now takes the lead as the the highest debut in the franchise, overtaking How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (£5.3m).
Lilo & Stitch moves down to the 2nd spot, adding £1.4m on its fourth weekend, down 58% from last weekend. That takes its total to £33.2m, continuing its reign as the third biggest film of 2025 behind A Minecraft Movie (£56.5m) and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (£46.3m).
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning also drops down a spot to no.3, with £1.1m, down 49% from last weekend. That takes its total to £23.5m. Across the Mission: Impossible franchise, it is the third highest grossing of the eight films, having just overtaken Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (£21.2m), but we’re likely to see it overtake Mission: Impossible – Fallout (£24.4m) within the next couple of weeks. Despite the Barbenheimer buzz, Dead Reckoning (2023) finished its run with £26.6m, making it the best performing film of the franchise so far – so we can hopefully see The Final Reckoning reach this.
The Salt Path retains its spot at no.4, dropping 57% from last weekend and adding £592k, taking its total to £6m. Behind Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (£46.3m) and We Live In Time (£8.7m), this film is now the third highest-grossing British film of the year.
Ballerina takes the 5th spot in its second weekend with £580k, dropping by 59% from last weekend and taking its total to 2.6m.
Outside of the top five, Karate Kid: Legends takes the 6th spot, adding £471k, taking its total to £4.9m. Final Destination: Bloodlines adds another £304k, a 51% drop from last weekend, taking its total to £11.1m, becoming the second-best performing horror of 2025 (behind Nosferatu with £13m). The Ballad Of Wallis Island is at no.8 with £239k, and has the smallest drop of the Top 10 with 3% taking its total to £905k. Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience is at no.9 with £153k, and a total gross of £1.9m, and we’re closing the chart off with Clown In A Cornfield at no.10 with £129k, taking its total to £657k.
The overall box office is down 11% versus last weekend but year-to-date, 2025 is now 19% ahead of 2024.
Next Weekend
28 Years Later - A group of survivors of the rage virus lives on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
Elio - a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
The Buzz
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
As a TV series, Downton Abbey became a global phenomenon, airing in over 250 territories, attracting millions of devoted fans and winning numerous awards, including Golden Globes and Emmys. The first two films grossed over £43m at the UK box office, demonstrating the franchise’s enduring popularity and potential commercial appeal for The Grand Finale. The first Downton Abbey movie grossed £28m at the UK box office, making it the 10th biggest film of 2019. The sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era followed with a strong £15m at the UK box office, securing a spot in the top 20 of the year. In 2025, the return of Downton Abbey to cinemas will undoubtedly reignite the love for its dedicated fanbase while drawing in new audiences. For brands, this film provides a chance to access one of the UK’s most iconic entertainment franchises to connect with an engaged and influential audience. Downton Abbey’s quality cinematography, period fashion, and attention to historical detail provide a rich aesthetic contextual association, perfect for luxury brands looking to boost price perceptions. Releasing in September, this film will be the best way to reach an upmarket audience in Q3.
Across The Pond
How to Train Your Dragon takes the top spot on its opening weekend with $83.7m. The live-action remake earned $35.6M in the film’s domestic opening day, which now holds the title of the biggest opening day ever for the franchise. Lilo & Sitch takes second adding another $15.5m taking its total to $366m, and new release Materialists takes the third spot, with $12m. Celine Song’s new drama romance is set to release 15 Aug in the UK. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning adds another $10.3m taking its total to $166m and Ballerina rounds out the top 5 with $9.4m taking its total to $41m.