4 hours ago, Brett-Butler said:

I take it One Last Deal with DANNY DYER didn’t do much then? What a shame…

It opened at #30 this week with £17,197. It was in 187 screens which isn't too many so I'm not sure if it's expanding.

1 hour ago, LewisGT said:

It opened at #30 this week with £17,197. It was in 187 screens which isn't too many so I'm not sure if it's expanding.

That gives it a screen average of £92, which is tiny and well below the screen averages of films in the top 10, so if it is expanding I'd be very surprised.

20th March 2026 - 22nd March 2026

 

1. (NE) Project Hail Mary - £7,403,542 Weeks: 1 (£7,403,542)

2. (NE) Dhurandhar: The Revenge - £2,064,355 Weeks: 1 (£2,064,355)

3. (01) Hoppers - £1,231,382 (-46%) Weeks: 3 (£9,510,888)

4. (02) Reminders Of Him - £675,230 (-38%) Weeks: 2 (£2,462,691)

5. (NE) Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come - £615,448 Weeks: 1 (£615,448)

6. (NE) Aadu 3 - £424,078 Weeks: 1 (£424,078)

7. (03) How To Make A Killing - £255,014 (-71%) Weeks: 2 (£1,512,486)

8. (04) Mother's Pride - £235,703 (-61%) Weeks: 3 (£2,779,502)

9. (06) Scream 7 - £199,074 (-59%) Weeks: 4 (£7,594,886)

10. (NE) The Good Boy - £191,862 Weeks: 1 (£191,862)

 

Falling out:

Wuthering Heights (5 weeks)

Goat (5 weeks)

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert (3 weeks)

The Bride! (2 weeks)

The Secret Agent (1 week*) *In this run

A busy weekend with five new entries sees ‘Project Hail Mary’ really break out at #1 with £7,403,542 (£4.6 million without previews). It was only £200k away from overtaking ‘Wuthering Heights’ at the biggest opening of 2026. However, when you strip out the previews, it was massively behind. This is also the second biggest opening for Lord & Miller after The LEGO Movie (£8,051,140, #1, 2014) and their first film since their 2014 double-bill of that and ’22 Jump Street’ (£4,854,991, #1). It’s hitting all the second places as it’s also the second biggest opening of Ryan Gosling’s career after ‘Barbie’ (£18,509,235, #1, 2023). It is, however, the biggest opening for an Amazon-produced film ahead of ‘Red One’ (£2,403,829, #2, 2024). That film ended on £8.2 million which this has almost beaten in the first weekend. This is an adaptation of an Andy Weir novel. The previous one, ‘The Martian’, was a massive hit but opened slightly lower (£6,531,734, #1, 2015) but legged out to an impressive £23.6 million. This will be targeting a similar total, especially with the amazing reviews it has received. It’s drop may look big next weekend due to the massive previews, but I think the 3-day hold is going to be special.

 

We also have another historic opening at #2. ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ (£2,064,355, £1.6 million without previews) has the best ever opening for an Indian film in the UK, smashing the record that ‘Pathaan’ (£1,967,854, #2) set in 2023. The original ‘Dhurandhar’ (£306,677, #7, 2025) was only released in December but actually increased in its second weekend on its way to hitting £3 million and becoming the third biggest Indian film of all-time. The record for biggest Indian film remains ‘Pathaan’ with £4.4 million, a target this will be looking to beat. It’s a brilliant weekend for Indian films as ‘Aadu 3’ (£424,078) also debuts at #6. This would have been enough to be the biggest Idian film of the year if it wasn’t for the film at #2.

 

Opening at #5 is ‘Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ (£615,448, £600k without previews). This is a lower debut than the original ‘Ready Or Not’ (£947,958, #4, 2019) but is higher than the last film by Radio Silence: ‘Abigail’ (£596,590, #5, 2014). The original film made £1.8 million. Despite strong reviews and some big-name additions to the cast (Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Geller, Elijah Wood), this is looking to be a smaller hit.

 

The final new entry scrapes into the top 10 thanks to previews: ‘The Good Boy’ (£191,862, £123k without previews). This is a darkly comedic thriller about a married couple (Stephen Graham & Andrea Riseborough) who abduct a teenager. It’s earned good review so it’s sad that it couldn’t find an audience.

 

The two new entries from last week: ‘Reminders Of Him’ and ‘How To Make A Killing’ have contrasting fortunes on weekend two. The former has the best hold of the week (-38%) which allows it to climb to £2.5 million. Still lower than the other two recent Hoover adaptations but decent for its budget. ‘How To Make A Killing’ drops 71% (-58% without previews) to hit £1.5 million. Not awful but certainly not the star-consoling hit that Glen Powell would have wanted.

 

‘Hoppers’ loses top spot but has another solid weekend, losing 46%. It has already passed the final total of ‘Encanto’ (£9 million) and with Easter coming up, should have a fair bit more in the tank. ‘Lightyear’ should be overtaken by next weekend. After a great hold last weekend, ‘Mother’s Pride’ is snapped back to reality with a harsher 61% drop. With £2.7 million, it has already overtaken ‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ (£2.6 million) in terms of recent British com-drams.  

 

‘Scream VI’ has only last weekend in the top 10 with another 59% drop. It’s at £7.6 million which, despite a stronger start, is remarkably consistent with the two recent ‘Scream’ films directed by the aforementioned Radio Silence that both ended between £7.7-£7.8 million.

 

There are three further new entries in the #11-15 section: ‘Broken English’ (#13), ‘Tristan Und Isolde: Met Opera 2026’ (#14) and ‘La Grazia’ (#15).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’, ‘They Will Kill You’, ‘Bluey At The Cinema: Playdates With Friends’, ‘Splitsville’, ‘No Ordinary Heist’  ‘The Last Blossom’,  ‘Orwell 2+2=5’, ‘Two Prosecutors’ and ‘DJ Ahmet’. We also see a re-release of ‘Romeo + Juliet’. Can any of them top the charts?

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If I can be bothered later in the week, I'll add a Ryan Gosling opening weekend history here.

Really intrigued to see the hold for PHM! I do think it’s going to hold incredibly well.

It did as much as Scream's 5 weeks in 1 :o It's a good film

Wcrram fell off because of awful reviews, even with Sidney's return - the return made it start strong, but thw reviews kilped it

Taking previews out, ‘Project Hail Mary’ actually INCREASED by 3%!

INCREDIBLE!

27th March 2026 - 29th March 2026

 

1. (01) Project Hail Mary - £4,776,660 (-35%) Weeks: 2 (£15,139,079)

2. (NE) The Magic Faraway Tree - £2,838,248 Weeks: 1 (£2,838,248)

3. (03) Hoppers - £1,023,834 (-17%) Weeks: 4 (£10,820,438)

4. (02) Dhurandhar: The Revenge - £664,345 (-68%) Weeks: 2 (£3,413,139)

5. (04) Reminders Of Him - £515,196 (-24%) Weeks: 3 (£3,415,138)

6. (05) Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come - £397,632 (-35%) Weeks: 2 (£1,384,962)

7. (NE) They Will Kill You - £325,910 Weeks: 1 (£325,910)

8. (NE) Bluey At The Cinema: Playdates With Friends - £185,098 Weeks: 1 (£185,098)

9. (08) Mother's Pride - £149,092 (-37%) Weeks: 4 (£3,286,938)

10. (07) How To Make A Killing - £141,990 (-43%) Weeks: 3 (£1,842,631)

Falling out:

Aadu 3 (1 week)

Scream 7 (4 weeks)

The Good Boy (1 week)

‘Project Hail Mary’ becomes the third film in 2026 to earn a second week atop the UK Box Office after a 35% drop in weekend two that translates to a 3% increase when you take out its previews. Not many films released wide manage to increase in the second weekend so it’s a great sign that this is going to continue to do gangbusters. In the US, where it’s also proving very successful, it is already the #1 film of the year but it has to settle for being #3 in the UK so far (behind ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Hamnet’). The well-timed Easter Bank Holidays this weekend should give it another boost and ‘The Martain’ (£23.6 million) will soon fall. ‘Red One’ has now already been left for dead making this the biggest film Amazon have produced.

 

Proving to be successful counter-programming, ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ opens well at #2 with £2,838,248. Based on the children’s book series (1939-1951) written by Enid Blyton, this is remarkably the first time the characters have been brought to the big screen. Scribed by Simon Farnaby, this is being billed as ‘from the makers of ‘Paddington 2’ and ‘Wonka’ which is a lot to live up to but has tempted a starry cast, led by Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield. It’s the second best-start for a British production so far this year, behind ‘Hamnet’ and is (what feels like an) increasingly rare film that has been awarded a ‘U’ certificate by the BBFC. Last year, the only ‘U’ rated film to open higher was ‘Dog Man’ (£3,252,537, #1) which ended up with £13.8 million. I think there’s a good chance this can beat that.

 

‘They Will Kill You’ is the next-best opening at #7 (£325,910, £288k without previews). This is an action/comedy/horror hybrid staring Zazie Beetz as an ex-con who takes a job as a housekeeper in a shifty building. Reviews have been mixed and I’ve seen multiple people compare it negatively and call it derivate of the film one place above it in the chart. The final new entry this week is ‘Bluey At The Cinema: Playdates With Friends’ (£185,098, #8). This opening puts it slightly ahead of the other two releases in the Australian cartoon franchise; Last year’s ‘Bluey At The Cinema: Let’s Play Chef Collection (£179,176, #7) and 2024’s ‘Bluey At The Cinema: Family Trip Collection’ (£181,276, #12).

 

After it’s record-breaking opening, ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has a standard Indian drop in week 2, losing 68% (59% without previews). This is still enough for the film to climb to £3.4 million and become the second biggest Indian release in the UK. It’s still another £1 million short of overtaking ‘Pathaan’ (£4.4 million). The other new release last week, ‘Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ has a decent hold (-35%) after a slightly underwhelming opening weekend. At £1.4 million, its about £250k behind where the original was at the same point but some similar holds should still see it beat it.

 

Some good holds across the board this week with ‘Hoppers’ hanging on for a fourth weekend above £1 million after dropping 17% and ‘Reminders Of Him’ staying in the top 5 after losing 24%. ‘Hoppers’ has now overtaken ‘Encanto’ and ‘Lightyear’ and is Pixar’s biggest original hit since ‘Coco’. ‘Mother’s Pride’ (-37%) and ‘How To Make A Killing’ (-43%) round out the top 10.

 

Outside of the top 10, but there’s good news for ‘Scream 7’ as it hits £7.8 million to become the biggest film in the franchise since ‘Scream 2’ in 1998.

 

There are two further new entries in the #11-15 section: ‘Bring Me The Horizon: L.I.V.E. In Sao Paulo’ (#11) and ‘Krol Dopalaczy’ (#15). If its midweek showings would have counted as previews, the former would have been at #8.

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’, ‘The Drama’, ‘Fuze’, ‘McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass’ and ‘D is for Distance’.  We also see a re-release of ‘Amélie’. Can any of them top the charts?

Releasing Ready or Not and They Will Kill You back to back massive mistake.

Biggest debut of the year next week?

Biggest debut so far. I can see Toy Story 5, Moana, Avengers and Dune all beating Super Mario’s opening tbh.

But it’s gonna be a huge debut, for sure!

I’m interested to see ‘The Drama’s performance. I can’t call how it’s gonna do. I’m thinking it’ll smash but idk how far it will go!

Great for ‘Project Hail Mary’

^ Don't forget Spider-Man, which I think will open higher than all of them judging from the views that the recent trailer has racked up.

I'm thinking £12-£15m for Super Mario including all the previews? (I'm guessing there will be a 6 day total that includes Easter Monday)

Hopefully The Drama does well as counter-programming. It has one of the biggest stars of current times, and what looks like generally positive reviews, just as long as it's in enough screens and there's not too much of a Mario takeover (my local Cineworld doesn't appear to be showing it annoyingly)

30 minutes ago, J❄️hq said:

^ Don't forget Spider-Man, which I think will open higher than all of them judging from the views that the recent trailer has racked up.

I'm thinking £12-£15m for Super Mario including all the previews? (I'm guessing there will be a 6 day total that includes Easter Monday)

Hopefully The Drama does well as counter-programming. It has one of the biggest stars of current times, and what looks like generally positive reviews, just as long as it's in enough screens and there's not too much of a Mario takeover (my local Cineworld doesn't appear to be showing it annoyingly)

How tf did I forget that!????

Ofc Spider-Man!

EDIT: Are we actually heading for the biggest box office year since 2019? (Didn't that year have like 9 films pass a billion??? - pretty sure just about all of them were Disney/Disney adjacent, too! Lol)