| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Apr 3-5 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (US) | Universal | £9.4m | £17.7m | 1 |
| 2 | Project Hail Mary (US) |
Sony | £3.4m | £22.9m | 3 |
| 3 | The Drama (US) |
EFD | £2.1m | £2.8m | 1 |
| 4 | The Magic Faraway Tree (UK) |
EFD | £2.1m | £8.3m | 2 |
| 5 | Hoppers (US) | Disney | £542,843 | £12.6m | 5 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.33
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie fuelled a strong weekend at the UK-Ireland box office, as The Drama broke records and key holdovers performed well in the busy market.
Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie started with £9.4m from Friday to Sunday, opening in 714 sites for a £13,227 average. This is the biggest opening of 2026, ahead of the £7.6m of Wuthering Heights, and is 8% up on the £8.7m three-day start of 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
In addition, Galaxy took a huge £2.7m on the Bank Holiday Monday, for a £12.2m four-day weekend; and having opened for previews on Wednesday, April 1, it is up to an excellent £17.7m cume from six days in cinemas.
The first film closed out on £54.9m as the fourth highest-grossing release of 2023, so Galaxy has lofty targets to aim for. It has made an excellent start, reaching almost a third of its predecessor’s total from its first six days.
Amazon MGM Studios’ own blockbuster Project Hail Mary held well in the face of stiff competition, adding £3.4m on its third session. This was a modest drop of just 28% and brought the title to a strong £22.9m total. Sony handles distribution on the film.
Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson has scored the biggest opening weekend ever in UK-Ireland for an A24-produced film. Released by Entertainment Film Distributors, the title opened to £2.1m at 640 sites on the three-day weekend, for a £3,342 average.
This three-day start is ahead of the openings of Civil War (£1.6m), Heretic (£1.6m) and Marty Supreme (£1.4m). Including Monday, The Drama is up to £2.8m already; it is attempting to chase down Marty Supreme’s £16.4m as the highest-grossing A24-produced film ever in the territory.
It finished less than £25,000 ahead of another EFD title in fourth place, UK family adventure The Magic Faraway Tree. That film added £2.1m on its second weekend – a drop of just 25%, which took its cume to £8.3m after 11 days in cinemas.
Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers added £542,843 on its fifth weekend, a 47% drop that brought it to £12.6m including Monday.
Takings for the top five came in at an excellent £17.7m – the biggest total of the year so far, and up a significant 80% on last weekend’s top five amount. The figures were down 5% on the £18.6m equivalent weekend from last year, when A Minecraft Movie posted a huge £15m opening on its own.
However, a separate comparison to 2025’s Easter weekend has 2026 up 76%. Holdovers will hold sway next weekend, with new titles looking for space including Universal romantic comedy You, Me & Tuscany, and James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’ via Studiocanal.
More to follow.
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