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 - £2,064,354 Weeks: 1 (£2,064,354)

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

4. (02) Reminders Of Him - £675,229 (-38%) Weeks: 2 (£2,462,691)

5. (NE) Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come - £615,447 Weeks: 1 (£615,447)

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 (£7,594,885)

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’ (£2,064,354, £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’ (£615,447, £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.