Omg did Amazing Digital Circus actually manage it with just a 4 day limited release??

I assume it’s that and Mando?

Went to see MOTU today and the cinema was packed! Nice to see more attendance at cinemas lately.

Scary Movie no.1 global movie with an estimated 5.5m here.

105m total which now means Scary Movie Franchise in its opening weekend alone joins the billion dollar club! Only the 7th horror franchise to do so.

Obsession finally decreased in the US but only in its 4th week and by just 7%.

Edited Sunday at 22:072 days by Henessy Lake

I can’t believe Scary Movie 6 made less on its opening week than what Backrooms did here

Edited Monday at 18:031 day by Hadji

5th June 2026 - 7th June 2026

 

1. (NE) Scary Movie - £4,188,570 Weeks: 1 (£4,188,570)

2. (NE) The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act - £2,684,963 Weeks: 1 (£2,684,963)

3. (NE) Masters Of The Universe - £2,654,783 Weeks: 1 (£2,654,783)

4. (01) Backrooms - £2,253,638 (-47%) Weeks: 2 (£8,651,881)

5. (04) Obsession - £1,925,958 (+23%) Weeks: 4 (£10,333,516)

6. (02) Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu - £1,382,767 (-48%) Weeks: 3 (£13,987,387)

7. (03) Michael - £1,357,610 (-23%) Weeks: 7 (£50,400,462)

8. (06) The Sheep Detectives - £554,288 (-22%) Weeks: 5 (£9,233,956)

9. (05) The Devil Wears Prada 2 - £543,048 (-38%) Weeks: 6 (£33,330,223)

10. (07) Tuner - £433,924 (+20%) Weeks: 2 (£1,092,878)

Falling out:

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (9 weeks)

Power Ballad (1 week)

Passenger (2 weeks)

I teased it yesterday but three debuts and strong holdovers mean that we have 7-films passing £1 million for the first time since July 2017 when ‘Dunkirk’ held at #1 with £8,235,532 while ‘Cars 3’ was at #7 on its third week with £1,013,547. This week sees three debuts all at the top with the winner being ‘Scary Movie’ (£4,188,570). This is a great result for a comedy as the genre has struggled on the big screen in recent years. The last comedy to open bigger was ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ (£12,298,966, #1) in February last year. The sixth entry in the franchise, this is the biggest debut for the franchise yet, beating ‘Scary Movie 3’ (£3,490,585, #1) from all the way back in 2004. In fact, this opening is above the full gross of ‘Scary Movie V’ which only closed with £2.5 million in 2013. This should end up becoming the biggest movie overall but it will need to reach the £10.5 million of the first ‘Scary Movie’ from 2000. The return of the Wayan Brothers and originally stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall has been a masterstroke. I love the first three films but this one looks atrocious so I’m a bit dismayed at its success.

 

It would have only been #5 without previews but opening early has helped YouTube sensation ‘The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act’ (£2,684,963, £1.8 million without previews) debut at #2. This is the final two episodes of the darkly comic/horror Australian animation series which debuted on YouTube in 2023 before being added to Netflix. It’s about a group of humans who get trapped in a virtual circus. I’d literally never heard of it before this week but you can’t help but be impressed by those numbers. Along with the success of ‘Iron Lung’ earlier in the year and ‘Backrooms’ last week, we’re starting to see YouTube become a major force in Hollywood and Gen Z being tempted to the big screen which can only be a brilliant thing for cinemas.

 

The final new entry really highlights the swing in cinema habits of the new generation and is ‘Masters Of The Universe’ (£2,654,783, £2.1 million without previews) at #3. Coming from director Travis Knight this a rough opening for a film whose budget is somewhere in the $175-200 million range. Based on the popular Mattel 80s toy range, this is the second attempt to make the film a franchise after 1987’s cult classic of the same name. This is the third feature from Knight who has already gained a reputation for making really well-received films that underperform against their budget with his past efforts ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ making $78 million worldwide against a $60 million budget and ‘Bumblebee’ being the lowest-grossing ‘Transformers’ film at $460 million. I wouldn’t worry about him too much though; he is the son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight and is a billionaire. The toys were famously made by Matel after they rejected the opportunity to make Star Wars toys and we’re left with egg on their face after that became the biggest franchise of all-time. So it’s quite poetic that this is struggling at the same time as ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu’ which loses 48% in week 3 as it drops all the way to #6. I’m now not sure it’s even going to have enough to beat ‘Solo’ and not be the worst-performing live-action Star Wars film.

 

‘Star Wars’ and He-Man are both being shown up by the two horrors films made on budgets of $1 million and $10 million. ‘Obsession’ climbs again (23%) in week 4 to have its best weekend yet with just under £2 million. With £10 million in the bank already, it is the biggest horror of the year so far and should do enough next week to outgross last year’s ‘Weapons’ (£11.8 million) which felt like an insane performance in itself. ‘’Backrooms’ opened bigger and isn’t quite showing the same legs but when you made that much in week 1, a 47% drop is nothing to be sniffed at and a total over £8.5 million in two weekends is also crazy for a low-budget, independent horror. It’s now A24’s biggest hit in the UK, overtaking the £6 million gross of Best Picture winner ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’.  With these legacy 80s blockbusters being embarrassed by small, independent horrors, it really feels like this week is the passing of the torch and we’ve entered a new era of the box office. It’s such an exciting time and it’s going to be fascinating to see how Hollywood, and the massive studios, react.

 

The seventh-and-final film to make £1 million+ was ‘Michael’ in week 7. To only drop 23%, despite the massive competition is brilliant and helps it pass a massive milestone in £50 million. It’s the 54^th film to do so in the UK and the £55 million of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is feeling closer and closer.

 

‘Tuner’ deserves a lot of praise too as its expansion sees it climb 20% in business (+54% without previews), despite the 3-place fall in the chart. It has already passed £1 million in total which is a great result for any small-budget UK film. The final two holders: ‘The Sheep Detectives’ (-22%) and ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ (-38%) both land within £1k of each other.

 

There are four further new entries in the #11-15 section: ‘Peddi’ (#11), ‘Savage House’ (#13), ‘Mollywood’ (#14) and ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’ (#15).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Disclosure Day’, ‘Solo Mio’, ‘Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway’ and ‘The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford’. We also see a re-release of ‘Boogie Nights’, ‘Strictly Ballroom’ and ‘Pink Narcissus’. Can any of them top the charts?

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Travis Knight openings:

Kubo And The Two Strings (£844,027, #5, 2016)

Bumblebee (£5,103,382, #2, 2018)

Masters Of The Universe (£2,654,783, #3, 2026)

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Summer Box Office Top 5:

1. (01) The Devil Wears Prada 2 - £33,330,223

2. (02) Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu - £13,987,387

3. (04) Obsession - £10,333,516

4. (03) The Sheep Detectives - £9,233,956

5. (05) Backrooms - £8,651,881

Same top 5 as last week but Obsession overtakes The Sheep Detectives with Backrooms not far behind.

Re-release of Strictly Ballroom? Which cinemas?

On 01/06/2026 at 23:37, Brett-Butler said:

I believe “The Amazing Digital Circus” will outperform expectations next weekend (seems to be popular on pre-orders), but “Scary Movie” will top the chart, with He-Man being a relative flop.

Called it, although I didn’t expect it to be #2! I’d heard about it a few years back, but only watched it for the first time at the weekend and watched all the episodes of it on Netflix in one sitting, it’s pretty great viewing. Will wait until it’s on streaming until I see this one though.

That is seriously good for the Amazing Digital Circus, I know it has been a big viral hit but I wasn't sure how much that would translate into UK cinemas as this did strike me as a treat for the fans and is rather niche. You can watch all the episodes free on YouTube and this one comes out on June 19th so I'd recommend it to anyone interested, it helps Glitch fight the good fight for independent animation. It's got a lot of mystery and existentialism and some quite horrifying moments, I was quite surprised to see a lot of children in the screening x

Intrigued as to how Disclosure Day will do next week, does seem to be marketed as the first big Spielberg blockbuster in the vein of Close Encounters... and Jurassic Park.

4 horror movies in the top 5 🥳

Just about everyone over performed (Scary Movie under and Masters Of The Universe bang on) my predictions!

I thought 'Backrooms' would have a bigger drop tbh. 'Obsession' INCREASING for another week and in its 4th weekend... CRAZY! DAMN that hot weather in its 2nd week causing it to dip 4% and not bagging a 3rd consecutive week of increase! Hoping 'Obsession' can overtake 'Backrooms' next weekend.

'The Amazing Digital Circus' did INCREDIBLY well! Really stunned by those numbers - I thought the limited release would hinder it a bit!

17 hours ago, Hadji said:

Re-release of Strictly Ballroom? Which cinemas?

It seems to be playing in a lot of Picturehouse cinemas.