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| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Sep 19-21 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (UK) | Universal | £2.3m | £10.1m | 2 |
| 2 | The Conjuring: Last Rites (US) |
Warner Bros | £1.5m | £15m | 3 |
| 3 | Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (Japan) |
Sony | £907,171 | £5.5m | 2 |
| 4 | The Long Walk (US) | Lionsgate | £820,447 | £2.6m | 2 |
| 5 | The Roses (UK-US) |
Disney | £602,000 | £8.5m | 4 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.35
Universal’s Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale held the UK-Ireland box office crown on its second weekend; as Sony’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey missed out on the top five on debut.
Downton Abbey 3 added £2.3m on its second session – a 49% drop that brought it to £10.1m. It is behind the first Downton Abbey film, which had £13.2m at this stage in 2019; but ahead of 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, which was at £7.7m.
Warner Bros’ former number one The Conjuring: Last Rites moved up a place to second, on its third weekend in cinemas. The horror added £1.5m – a 47% drop – and is just shy of £15m.
It has already surpassed the totals of the previous The Conjuring films, The Conjuring (£10.5m, 2013), The Enfield Case (£11m, 2016) and The Devil Made Me Do It (£9.6m, 2021), as well as the following from The Conjuring universe: Annabelle (£7.5m, 2014), Annabelle: Creation (£8.3m, 2017), Annabelle Comes Home (£6.6m, 2019), The Nun (£11.4m, 2018), The Nun 2 (£6.5m, 2023).
Sony anime Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle moved to third on its second weekend, with a £907,171 session - a 74% drop on its opening. It is now up to £5.5m in total, already ahead of the totals of the three previous Demon Slayer films combined.
Thriller The Long Walk posted the best hold in the top five, dropping just 27% on its second weekend. The Lionsgate title added £820,447 and is up to £2.6m.
Disney’s The Roses starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch held a top five spot for the fourth weekend. The family comedy dropped 36%, with £602,000 taking it to £8.5m total.
Romance A Big Bold Beautiful Journey started out slowly for Sony, taking £532,327 from 649 sites at an £820 site average, mirroring its soft international launch.
After a strong weekend last time out, takings for the top five dropped 53%, to £6.1m. The figures are still up 28% on the equivalent weekend from last year, as UK-Ireland cinemas look to follow a tough August with a better September. Paul Thomas Anderson’s well-reviewed One Battle After Another offers a good chance to keep figures up next weekend, for Warner Bros.
More to follow.
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