| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | June 20-22 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Years Later (US-UK) | Sony | £3.9m | £4.8m | 1 |
| 2 | How To Train Your Dragon (US) | Universal | £2.8m | £12.7m | 2 |
| 3 | Elio (US) | Disney | £970,000 | £970,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Lilo & Stitch (US) | Disney | £670,000 | £34.3m | 5 |
| 5 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (US) | Paramount | £600,000 | £24.7m | 5 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.34
Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later has got off to a fast start at the UK-Ireland box office, beginning with £3.9m for Sony for the biggest opening of the franchise.
Playing in 707 cinemas, the film took a £5,483 average across the weekend. It has £4.8m including previews.
Its £3.9m weekend opening is ahead of the full starts of previous titles 28 Days Later (£1.5m in 2002) and 28 Weeks Later (£1.6m in 2007) combined.
Those two films ended on £6.4m and £5.4m respectively; 28 Years Later should overtake both figures within the next fortnight. With Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple already shot, Boyle has said a fifth film in the series depends partly on the financial performance of 28 Years Later. This start will improve such prospects.
Last weekend’s number one How To Train Your Dragon added £2.8m on its second session for Universal. This drop of 51% brought it to £12.7m total; it could overtake the £17.4m of 2010’s animated How To Train Your Dragon, but the £20.1m of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and £27.6m of How To Train Your Dragon 2 will prove more challenging.
Disney opened original animation Elio to £971,000 from 599 sites, at a £1,621 average, with several sites still to report. This flat opening is in line with its slow international performance.
Lilo & Stitch, a Disney stablemate, continues to thrive at the box office, adding £670,000 on its fifth session. This 54% drop brought it to £34.3m – the third-highest-grossing 2025 release.
Also on its fifth weekend, Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning put on £600,000, a drop of 50%. It is now up to £24.7m, overtaking Fallout to become the second-highest-grossing Mission: Impossible film with just Dead Reckoning Part One (£26.6m) ahead of it.
The top five takings dropped 6% to £8.9m, and are down 15% on the equivalent weekend from last year. After a strong first six months to 2025, exhibitors will look to Warner Bros’ F1, opening this coming week, to boost takings into the summer.
Good sports
The Salt Path added £268,000 on its fourth weekend for Black Bear – a 57% drop that brought it to £6.9m.
Indian sports drama Sitaare Zameen Par got off to a strong start for AA Films UK, with £226,202 from just 182 locations at a £1,264 average. It stars Aamir Khan as an arrogant basketball coach who, after a driving offence, must train neurodivergent adults as community service.
Lionsgate’s Ballerina starring Ana de Armas spun a further £197,078 on its third session. The film has a total of £3.1m and will finish as the fourth-highest-grossing of the five John Wick franchise titles.
Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends added £177,043 on its third weekend – a 62% drop that brought it to £5.2m.
UK comedy-drama The Ballad of Wallis Island continued its strong run for Universal, adding £131,958. This 45% drop brought the film beyond the £1m mark with £1.2m total.
Final Destination: Bloodlines leads Warner Bros slate, adding £125,288 on its sixth session – a 59% drop that brought it to £11.4m total. It will finish as the second highest-grossing of six Final Destination films, behind 2009’s The Final Destination (£12.8m).
Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience, the latest theatrical offering from children’s favourite Peppa Pig, added £64,933 on its fourth weekend for Trafalgar Releasing, for a strong £2.1m total.
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme added £52,498 on its fifth session – a 61% drop that brought it just beyond the £3m mark.
Still in cinemas through 10 weekends, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners added £45,671 for Warner Bros, with its 43% drop better than the market average. It now has £16.1m, as one of the theatrical success stories of 2025.
Indian comedy Housefull 5 A added £12,915 on its third weekend for Bakrania Media and is up to £393,390; while Housefull 5 B, with an alternate ending, added £1,905 and has £150,845.
Animated TV episode Pip and Posey: Sandpit Friends brought in £12,901 on its opening weekend for UK producer and distributor Magic Light Pictures, from 287 sites at a £45 average.
John Maclean’s Tornado added £12,250 on its second weekend for Lionsgate, and has £134,504 in total.
Curzon’s 20th anniversary re-release of Michael Haneke’s Hidden took £12,148 at the weekend, and £15,429 including previews.
Warner Bros’ A Minecraft Movie is finally taking its blocks down, with £12,103 on its 12th weekend in cinemas adding to its £56.6m total – the highest-grossing 2025 release.
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