I bet Melania is nowhere to be seen but doesn’t help when hardly any cinemas are showing it

10 hours ago, Hadji said:

I bet Melania is nowhere to be seen but doesn’t help when hardly any cinemas are showing it

It was at #29 with £32,974.

It’s had an insanely wide release for a documentary in 155 cinemas. Most docs only open in 25 cinemas or less.

For a comparison, it’s opened to a lower figure than “Prime Minister”, the documentary about the ex-New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and that film only opened in 28 cinemas.

Cinema average:

Melania - £212.80 from 155 cinemas

Prime Minister - £1,178.57 from 28 cinemas.

The History of Sound missed the top 10?

25 minutes ago, Herbs said:

The History of Sound missed the top 10?

Yeah, it debuted at #14 last week.

On 16/01/2026 at 21:46, Hadji said:

Here’s my list of films I’ve seen so far this year at the cinema

8. Hamnet (10th & 14th January)

9. Rental Family (12th & 21st January)

24. Primate (1st & 4th February)

On 30/01/2026 at 14:06, Hadji said:

I watch a film once and that’s it

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I'm pleased to see 'Hamnet' get a week at #1 - not seeing it until this weekend and I'm unsure which side I'll fall on as it seems quite divisive with people split on whether it's stunning or a complete bore, but I always like to see an Awards movie doing well. Surprised it's turned into a bigger hit than 'Marty Supreme' which I thought might have more general appeal as well as starring the biggest movie star of the moment.

I've booked to see 'Twinless' tomorrow, which I see isn't on the list of openings, possibly too small of a release, not sure if it will expand in a week or two? Only one Cineworld in London appears to have screenings, and I couldn't find mention of it on the websites for Vue, Odeon, Picturehouse, Curzon, Everyman - I did a lot of searching But I've managed to find an independent with screenings. Feel like I've been anticipating it for about a year (since a certain picture of Dylan O'Brien in the movie surfaced)

12 hours ago, J❄️hq said:

I won’t watch the same film more than once myself or with the same person. Whenever I watch a film more than once, it’s with a different person

On 03/02/2026 at 12:24, Herbs said:

The History of Sound missed the top 10?

I wanted to see it but I think it was only shown once at the cinema near me and it was at an inconvenient time!

6th February 2026 - 8th February 2026

 

1. (NE) Send Help - £1,593,703 Weeks: 1 (£1,593,703)

2. (NE) Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience - £1,083,889 Weeks: 1 (£1,083,889)

3. (02) The Housemaid - £929,424 (-34%) Weeks: 7 (£30,086,192)

4. (01) Hamnet - £830,376 (-42%) Weeks: 5 (£16,619,613)

5. (05) Zootropolis 2 - £603,913 (-29%) Weeks: 11 (£33,328,154)

6. (03) Shelter - £480,130 (-50%) Weeks: 2 (£1,914,216)

7. (07) Marty Supreme - £431,698 (-38%) Weeks: 7 (£15,574,603)

8. (06) Avatar: Fire And Ash - £378,226 (-50%) Weeks: 8 (£41,939,600)

9. (04) Iron Lung - £362,066 (-62%) Weeks: 2 (£1,686,076)

10. (09) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - £254,644 (-58%) Weeks: 4 (£7,458,325)

 

Falling out:

Primate (1 week)

Is This Thing On? (1 week)

After a great January for the UK box office, we begin February with a new #1 as Disney’s desert-island horror/comedy ‘Send Help’ opens with £1,593,703 (£1.3 million without previews) to top the chart a week after it did the same in the US. This comes from legendary Horror director Sam Raimi (Evil Dead franchise) and is his first non-franchise film since 2009. In a remarkably consistent later career, this is the 6^th #1 hit for him out of his last 7 releases, although it is the lowest opening out of all of them. Largely a two-parter between Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, this has earned good reviews and, with a mid-budget of $40 million, it should end up being profitable.

 

The only other new entry this week is ‘Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience’ (£1,083,889, #2). This is the biggest opening for an event cinema release so far this year. 2025 only saw three event cinema releases debut above £1 million (or four depending on how you count Peppa Pig), ‘Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl’ (£3,471,544, #1), ‘Six: The Musical Live! (£2,139,374, #2) and ‘Hamilton (10^th Anniversary)’ (£1,769,826, #2). In terms of concert films, the last to open this high was in December 2023 where two debuted above £1 million in the same weekend ‘Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé’ (£1,082,080, #4, 2023) and ‘André Rieu's White Christmas’ (£1,001,095, #5). The last to open higer was ‘The Eras Tour’ in the same year. This is another huge win for east-Asia on the big-screen after the success of ‘Demon Slayer’, ‘Ne Zha 2’ and ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ last year and the worldwide domination of ‘KPOP Demon Hunters’.

 

From last week’s new entries, two remain in the top 10 with ‘Shelter’ dropping 50% to hit £1.9 million. This is good new for Jason Statham as this means that it has already outgrossed last year’s effort ‘A Working Man’ which also had a rounded total of £1.9 million. ‘Iron Lung’ made lots of headlines last week but it cannot continue with the same level of hype as it sheds 62% in week two, the largest drop this weekend. However, it is already at £1.7 million which is an amazing result for a self-financed and released film.  

 

Last week’s chart-topper ‘Hamnet’ falls 42% and it descends down to #4. However, with £16.6 million already in the bank, it has overtaken ‘Sinners’ (£16.1 million) to become the biggest Best Picture nominee in the UK from this year’s crop and, even more interestingly, looks like it has now grossed more in the UK (even taking into factor exchange rates) than it has in the US making it a rare occasion where the UK is the top market internationally for a film released worldwide (in wide release). It has also overtaken the final gross of ‘Thunderbolts*’. I don’t know if that says more about the strength of Hamnet’s performance or the poor state of the MCU. Fellow awards contender, ‘Marty Supreme’ also holds pretty well, dropping just 38% on weekend seven.

 

‘The Housemaid’ drops below £1 million for the first time but does become the latest member of the £30 million+ club and remains in the top 3 for a seventh weekend. Despite now being available on PVOD, ‘Zootropolis 2’ has the best hold of the weekend again (-29%) holding strong at #5. It will have overtaken ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ (£33.4 million) by next weekend.

 

‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ drops 50% to reach £42 million. It would need another £5 million to start to reach ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ and ‘Wicked: For Good’ so I think it’s safe to call it as the fourth biggest release of 2025 now. ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ gets a fourth week in the top 10, despite a large 58% drop.

 

In terms of pure weekend gross, the second biggest film was actually not in official release. Animated flick ‘Goat’ had extensive previews and was actually the top film in UK cinemas on Saturday. It made just under £1.3 million for the full weekend. This, alongside anything it makes during the week, will be added to its opening figure for the upcoming weekend

 

There is one further new entry in the #11-15 section: ‘The Strangers: Chapter 3’ (#11).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Goat’, ‘Whistle’, ‘Crime 101’, ‘Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up’, ‘Stitch Head’, ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’, ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ and ‘The President’s Cake’. Can any of them top the charts?

 

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Sam Raimi (post 1990) openings:

 

Army Of Darkness (£210,888, #4, 1993)

The Quick And The Dead (£203,065, #10, 1995)

A Simple Plan (£139,087, #9, 1999)

The Gift (£900,310, #4, 2001)

Spider-Man (£9,426,969, #1, 2002)

Spider-Man 2 (£8,766,902, #1, 2004)

Spider-Man 3 (£11,827,013, #1, 2007)

Drag Me To Hell (£1,907,731, #2, 2009)

Oz The Great And Powerful (£3,712,948, #1, 2013)

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (£19,765,718, #1, 2022)

Send Help (£1,593,703, #1, 2026)

On 06/02/2026 at 19:51, lewistgreen said:

I wanted to see it but I think it was only shown once at the cinema near me and it was at an inconvenient time!

Bit gutted about its performance. Such an impactful film, I think it’s been harshly reviewed

The Strangers trilogy is honestly one of the most pointless horror sequels/reboots I can think of, who thought that was a good idea?!

Strangers 3 ain’t doing to well especially when not many cinemas are showing it

13 hours ago, Hadji said:

Strangers 3 ain’t doing to well especially when not many cinemas are showing it

I think the reviews have been horrendous too, I can't imagine there being much demand tbh

I'm surprised the sequels didnt go straight to steaming with how badly received they were

38 minutes ago, Jack said:

I think the reviews have been horrendous too, I can't imagine there being much demand tbh

I think it’s unfair for people who’ve watched the first 2 and being denied the chance to see the 3rd one

Excited to see how high "Wuthering Heights" can go over Valentine's weekend! Hopefully big enough to overcome the previews-inflated 'Goat'. It feels like the hype is there, but I don't know if that's just my circle and it being one of my personal most anticipated movies of the year.

4 hours ago, J❄️hq said:

Excited to see how high "Wuthering Heights" can go over Valentine's weekend! Hopefully big enough to overcome the previews-inflated 'Goat'. It feels like the hype is there, but I don't know if that's just my circle and it being one of my personal most anticipated movies of the year.

I think it's going to be big. I'm going to guess £5 million for the weekend with the Valentine's Day boost but could even see it going higher.

Its got a lot of interest. Be shocked if it doesn't so well

It has now been reported that 'Wuthering Heights' is being released in 761 cinemas in the UK. This is the second-widest release ever behind 'No Time To Die' which had 777

It’s going to be huge. It’ll be this years Bridget, I reckon.

13th February 2026 - 15th February 2026

 

1. (NE) Wuthering Heights - £7,665,296 Weeks: 1 (£7,665,296)

2. (NE) Goat - £3,499,777 Weeks: 1 (£3,499,777)

3. (NE) Crime 101 - £1,408,042 Weeks: 1 (£1,408,042)

4. (01) Send Help - £790,136 (-50%) Weeks: 2 (£3,060,548)

5. (03) The Housemaid - £554,455 (-40%) Weeks: 8 (£31,102,041)

6. (05) Zootropolis 2 - £448,887 (-26%) Weeks: 12 (£33,947,297)

7. (04) Hamnet - £353,237 (-58%) Weeks: 6 (£17,515,940)

8. (NE) Stitch Head - £264,670 Weeks: 1 (£264,670)

9. (NE) Whistle - £233,470 Weeks: 1 (£233,470)

10. (08) Avatar: Fire And Ash - £196,227 (-49%) Weeks: 9 (£42,296,161)

 

Falling out:

Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience (1 week)

Shelter (2 weeks)

Marty Supreme (7 weeks)

Iron Lung (2 weeks)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (4 weeks)

It had the second-ever widest release of any film in the UK and its helped ‘Wuthering Heights’ debut at #1 with £7,665,296 (includes less than £100k previews). If you remember correctly, director Emerald Fennell’s last film, 2023’s ‘Saltburn’ (£841,064, #4) didn’t really explode in popularity until it landed on Amazon Prime which has allowed ‘Wuthering Heights’ to already be her biggest film with just the opening weekend’s total. ‘Saltburn’ made £5.6 million in its short theatrical-only run. Jacob Elordi was one of the stars in that film and he also heads this one also making it his biggest ever film. But for the other star, Margot Robbie, ‘Wuthering Heights’ marks her 9th #1 film and her third-biggest opening of all-time (behind ‘Barbie’ and ‘Suicide Squad’) edging out the similar openings for ‘Peter Rabbit’ and ‘Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood’. This is comfortably, the biggest opening weekend for any film released in 2026 so far. However, the same success can’t be said for its US opening where the predictions went lower and lower each day and it’s opened to a lower-than-expected $36 million. It seems to be a polarising film so far with some very vocals detractors, especially those unhappy with the liberties taken when compared to the original Emily Brontë text.

 

After opening-in-all-but-name last weekend, ‘Goat’ has to officially settle for a #2 debut with £3,499,777 (£2.2 million without previews). This is the latest animation for Sony and it seems they learnt their lesson after selling last year’s effort ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to Netflix to see it become a worldwide phenomenon. With it coincidently being released the same weekend as a Looney Tunes film also hits the market, the premise of some animated animals playing Basketball might seem a tad familiar. And the obvious comparison point for this one is surely ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ (£1,363,556, #2, 2021) and it makes for good reading for Sony. The Space Jam sequel ending up on about £12.9 million, a total that ‘Goat’ should easily better. 2025 started really slow for animated hits so this is a positive start to the year for the genre. With previews included, only ‘Zootropolis 2’ (£5,984,739, #2) opened stronger in the genre last year.

 

Making it a full sweep in the medal positions for new entries, ‘Crime 101’ opens at #3 with £1,408,042 (£1.3 million without previews). With a big-name cast including MCU-alumni Mark Ruffalo and Chris Evans alongside Halle Berry, Nick Nolte, Monica Barbaro and Mr. Saltburn, himself Barry Keoghan, this is a big-budget crime-thriller, the type of film we reportedly “don’t see anymore” and it comes from Bart Layton, known for his docudrama ‘American Animals’. This has earned pretty good reviews and a £1 million+ opening would usually be nothing to sniff at. However, it’s huge $90 million budget and soft US opening ($15 million) means that this is already looking like a huge money-loser for Amazon.

 

Making the top 10 due to previews is ‘Stitch Head’ (£264,670, £61k without previews, #8). Based on a British graphic-novel of the same name, this is a German/British/Luxembourgian co-production with Asa Butterfield, Rob Brydon and Joel Fry amongst its voice cast. Opening just one place behind is Corin Hardy’s (‘The Hallow’, ‘The Nun’) horror ‘Whistle’ (£233,470, #9). Daphne Keen and Nick Frost star is this tale about students who discover an Aztec Death Whistle and foolishly decide to give it a go. I’ve seen some comparisons to the original ‘Final Destination’ and ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ films and, while the UK reviews have been fairly positive, it has been trashed in America.

 

Last week’s chart-topper ‘Send Help’ drops 50% in weekend two (-41% without previews) to land at #4 and reach £3.1 million in total. While the other 2026 holdover ‘Hamnet’ has its first significant drop (-58%), but still has a mightily impressive £17.5 million total.

 

The best hold in the top 10 is again ‘Zootropolis 2’ which loses just 26% in weekend 12. It’s now almost hit £34 million. ‘The Housemaid’ is still hot on in tails though with a 40% drop seeing if pass £31 million and enter Lionsgate’s top 3 biggest films of all-time. Neither film can match the £42.3 million total of ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ though, which drops 49% on what could be its last week in the top 10.

 

There are two further new entries in the #11-15 section: ‘The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’ (#13) and ‘O’ Romeo’ (#14).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘The Moment’, ‘The Secret Agent’, ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’, ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’, ‘Cold Storage’, ‘Wasteman’, ‘Scare Out’, ‘Night King’ and ‘Paul McCartney: Man On The Run’. We also see a re-release of ‘A Knight’s Tale’.

 

Can any of them top the charts?

 

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Margot Robbie openings:

 

About Time (£1,761,079, #1, 2013)

The Wolf Of Wall Street (£4,655,984, #1, 2014)

Focus (£1,910,245, #3, 2015)

The Big Short (£1,302,205, #4, 2016)

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (£58,798, #13, 2016)

The Legend Of Tarzan (£3,570,350, #2, 2016)

Suicide Squad (£11,252,225, #1, 2016)

Goodbye Christopher Robin (£781,110, #4, 2017)

I, Tonya (£1,049,551, #5, 2018)

Peter Rabbit (£7,273,207, #1, 2018)

Slaughterhouse Rulez (£397,792, #9, 2018)

Mary, Queen Of Scots (£2,082,160, #2, 2019)

Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood (£7,544,445, #1, 2019)

Bombshell (£742,085, #7, 2020)

Dreamland (£22,324, #13, 2020)

Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) (£2,833,297, #2, 2020)

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runway (£4,605,673, #1, 2021)

The Suicide Squad (£3,252,028, #1, 2021)

Amsterdam (£632,722, #5, 2022)

Babylon (£1,323,683, #3, 2023)

Asteroid City (£1,176,972, #4, 2023)

Barbie (£18,509,235, #1, 2023)

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (£533,931, #6, 2025)

Wuthering Heights (£7,665,296, #1, 2026)