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Box Office Round-up
After the first part charmed audiences last November, the conclusion of the story has been the most eagerly-anticipated film of 2025, and Wicked: For Good has duly opened with the biggest weekend of the year, and the biggest Friday to Sunday total since Barbie in 2023. It posted a huge £18.9m, which is a significant increase over the £13.7m Wicked Part One opened with on the same weekend last year. That £18m also includes £1.1m from Thursday double-bill previews. Wicked Part One was the biggest film released in 2024, finishing on £61.3m and this sequel looks set for an even bigger total.
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t came in second but posted a solid hold in the face of the Wicked juggernaut, adding £1.1m, down 53% from last weekend. That takes its total to £4.3m and the previous instalment, Now You See Me 2 finished on £6.4m so that has to be the target for this third film.
The Running Man came in third adding £654k, which takes its total to £3.8m. The Running Man is the fourth Stephen King adaptation to hit cinemas this year, with the most recent being September’s The Long Walk, also a dystopian sci-fi, which opened with £1.2m. It held up well on subsequent weeks and is currently on £4.7m. The Running Man is still aiming for a total north of that.
Nuremberg came in fifth last weekend but came in fourth this week, adding £491k, which is down 43% from last weekend. That takes its total after 10 days in cinemas to £2m and it’s the first of two wartime dramas in the top 10, with The Choral up to £3.4m in sixth, from one extra week in cinemas.
Predator: Badlands rounded out the top five, adding £375k, which takes its total over £5m. 2018’s The Predator finished on £4.8m so this new instalment has surpassed that.
Next Weekend
Zootropolis 2 is the sequel to the hit 2016 animation. Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the third film in Rian Johnson’s popular whodunnit series. Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc, alongside Glenn Close, Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, and more. It’s in cinemas from Wednesday.
Blue Moon stars Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart as he struggles with alcoholism and mental health and is trying to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!". Directed by Richard Linklater, it co-stars Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott.
Christy is a biopic of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the 1990s. Sydney Sweeney and Ben Foster star.
Pillion is a romantic comedy-drama starring Harry Melling as a directionless man who is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgård) takes him on as his submissive.
The Buzz
Project Hail Mary is shaping up to be a stunner, if the latest trailer is anything to go by. Adapted from Andy Weir’s bestselling novel, set in the near future, it centres on school teacher and former biologist Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), who wakes up aboard a spacecraft afflicted with amnesia. Grace’s task is to save the future of the earth, and he gets some help from extra-terrestrial life. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, creators of the Spider-Verse series, and directors of The LEGO Movie, it looks like big budget, intelligent sci-fi, and visually spectacular to boot. It’s perfect for ABC1 men, and should be one of the best films of H1 when it hits cinemas on 20 March.
Across The Pond
Wicked: For Good opened in the top spot with the second biggest weekend of the year in North America, delivering a huge $150m. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t fell to second, adding $9.1m for a new total of $36.8m. Predator: Badlands came in third, adding $6.3m for a new total of $27m. The Running Man added $5.8m in fourth for a new total of $27m, while Rental Family opened in fifth with $3.3m.