Box Office News

'Weapons'

‘Weapons’ top for third weekend as UK-Ireland box office stagnates

Picturehouse Entertainment’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ among top per-site performers.

Caught Stealing

UK’s Cineworld to stage its own ‘Big Screen Weekend’ with heavily discounted tickets

Cineworld-owned Picturehouse sites are excluded from the £4 ticket offer.

KPop: Demon Hunters

Netflix claims first North American box office crown as ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ opens in $18m range

Will unprecedented chart-topping success persuade streamer to change strategy? No chance.

Weapons

‘Weapons’ crosses $100m at North American box office

Horror stands at $180.6m worldwide as of August 22.

'The Life Of Chuck'

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Life Of Chuck’ dances into 622 cinemas, ‘Eddington’ also launches

Mike Flanagan directs his latest Stephen King adaptation starring Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill.

F1

The summer box office delivered consistent hits but lacked a big breakout success

Box-office growth hasn’t quite matched the season’s buoyant mood, but ‘F1’ and ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ could be important hits.

Nobody

China summer box office hits $1.4bn as animation ‘Nobody’ rises to the top

The local animation toppled historical war drama ‘Dead To Rights’.

weapons materialists

‘Weapons’ maintains UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Materialists’ starts in third

EFD horror ‘Together’ takes just over £500,000; strong performance from ‘Princess Mononoke’.

'Weapons'

‘Weapons’ tops global box office in second session, nears $150m

Zach Cregger’s horror ‘Weapons’ dropped 39% globally for Warner Bros.

‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking’

Filipino LGBTQ drama ‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking’ set for 18-rated release

EXCLUSIVE: The coming-of-age drama has received an R18 rating for its sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes and will open locally on August 27.

'Materialists'

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Materialists’ matches up with 687 cinemas

Universal has ‘Nobody’ sequel; EFD opens body horror ‘Together’.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle

‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ passes new box office milestone in Japan

The animated sequel is now Japan’s 6th-highest-grossing film of all time.

'Weapons', 'Freakier Friday'

‘Weapons’ lands top of UK-Ireland box office ahead of ‘Freakier Friday’

Solid start for Trafalgar Releasing’s Eminem fandom documentary ‘Stans’.

weapons freakier friday

‘Weapons’ beats ‘Freakier Friday’ in global box office faceoff

Zach Cregger’s Warner Bros horror ‘Weapons’ topped the charts with a $70m debut.

Weapons

‘Weapons’ extends WB box office run, opens top in North America on $43.5m

Disney’s ‘Freakier Friday’ arrives in second place on $29m.

'We Live In Time'

‘We Live In Time’, ‘The Salt Path’ lead UK independent titles at local box office 2025 halfway point

The overall market share for UK independent titles was down compared to January-June of 2024.

'Freakier Friday', 'Weapons'

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Freakier Friday’, ‘Weapons’ begin cinema runs

Trafalgar Releasing is starting fandom documentary ‘Stans’.

F1

‘F1’ to get Imax re-release

Apple’s motor racing drama has reached $552.5m at global box office.

Jurassic World Rebirth

French box office continues summer slump with 17% drop in ticket sales in July

‘Jurassic Park: Rebirth’ tops French box office in July with 2.4 million admissions.