| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Apr 10-12 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (US) | Universal | £5.5m | £28.3m | 2 |
| 2 | Project Hail Mary (US) | Sony | £2.5m | £27.1m | 4 |
| 3 | The Drama (US) |
EFD | £1.8m | £5.7m | 2 |
| 4 | The Magic Faraway Tree (UK) |
EFD | £1.7m | £11.6m | 3 |
| 5 | Hoppers (US) | Disney | £401,212 | £13.5m | 6 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.34
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie moved beyond £28m on its second weekend at the UK-Ireland box office; as Kristoffer Borgli’s buzzy The Drama posted the best hold of the top 20 titles.
Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie added £5.5m – a 42% drop on its opening, that brought it to £28.3m total, after 12 days in cinemas. It is currently tracking behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was at £35.9m at this stage; but has passed the lifetime totals of animations including Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (£27m) and 3 (£26.6m), Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (£26.1m) and Zootropolis (£24.1m).
It has also become the highest-grossing release of 2026 to date, overtaking Wuthering Heights (£25.2m) as well as Project Hail Mary.
Project Hail Mary is up to £27.1m, after a drop of just 28% on its fourth weekend in cinemas. The sci-fi starring Ryan Gosling added £2.5m on its latest session. Already the highest-grossing film for Amazon MGM Studios (distributed by Sony), it will cross the £30m mark in the next fortnight.
The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson fell just 18% on its opening weekend, adding £1.8m. It is up to £5.7m from just 10 days in cinemas, having passed the likes of Hereditary and Fight Club (both lower £5.7m). Entertainment Film Distributors (EFD) will now be aiming beyond the £10m mark across its run.
EFD also has The Magic Faraway Tree playing well. The UK family title dropped 22% with the second-best hold in the top 20. It added £1.7m on its third weekend in cinemas, and is up to £11.6m total, going beyond Disney’s Snow White (a lower £11.6m) from last year, as well as 2007’s Charlotte’s Web (£11.1m).
Disney’s Hoppers made it an identical top five to last weekend. The animation added £401,212 on its sixth weekend in cinemas – a 26% drop that brought it to £13.5m total, ahead of fellow Disney original animation Wish (£13.2m) from 2023.
Takings for the top five were down 33% on the best weekend of the year in the previous session; but still came in at a respectable £11.9m, as the fifth-best weekend of 2026 for the top five titles. The £11.9m figure is also up 15% on the equivalent weekend from last year, continuing the good form after March outperformed the previous year. Holdovers may hold sway for another weekend to come, with Warner Bros horror Lee Cronin’s The Mummy and Sony musical Kiss Of The Spider Woman among the lead titles.
BTS back on screen
BTS World Tour Arirang In Goyang, a concert release that lands alongside the return of Kpop superstars BTS, brought in £336,475 for Trafalgar Releasing, playing on Saturday and Sunday only.
Universal romantic drama You, Me And Tuscany started with £301,053, from 503 sites at a £602 average.
Ian Tuason’s Sundance 2026 horror Undertone started with £233,939 from 348 sites for Vertigo Releasing, at a £672 average. Including previews, the film is up to £271,118.
James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’ opened to £177,193 for Studiocanal, from 391 sites at a £453 average. Including previews, it is up to £223,146.
On its fourth weekend in cinemas, Moviegoers Entertainment’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge added a further £99,415, 65% down on its previous weekend. It is up to £4.3m as the second-highest-grossing Indian film ever at UK-Ireland cinemas, and is now less than £100,000 behind number one title Pathaan (£4.4m).
Jim Jarmusch’s Venice Golden Lion winner Father Mother Sister Brother started with £87,800 for Mubi, from 91 sites at a decent £965 average. The film is up to £116,255 including previews.
Francois Ozon’s Venice 2025 title The Stranger started with £81,166 for Curzon, from just 48 sites at a strong £1,691 average. Including previews, the monochrome film is up to £131,879.
David Mackenzie’s UK crime drama Fuze added £78,674 on its second weekend for Studiocanal – a 74% drop-off on its opening, with the film now at £597,652.
Universal romantic drama Reminders Of Him added £75,858 on its fifth weekend in cinemas – a 63% drop that brought it to £4.4m total.
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come has now topped the lifetime total of 2019 first film Ready Or Not. The sequel added £65,692 on its fourth weekend – a 60% drop that brought it to £2.1m, ahead of the first film’s £2m.
Family animation anthology Bluey At The Cinema: Playdates With Friends dropped 35% across its third weekend, with £64,202 taking it to a £568,229 total to date.
Park Circus’s 40th anniversary re-release of Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me took £54,604 from 314 sites at a £174 average.
Curzon’s Amélie re-release put on £46,230 on its second session, and is up to £177,123 total.
UK pub comedy Mother’s Pride has reached £3.6m for EFD, having added £20,705 on its sixth weekend in cinemas.
On its seventh weekend in cinemas, Paramount slasher title Scream 7 added £18,400, taking it to just beyond the £8m mark. It is the third-highest-grossing Scream film, behind 1997’s first title Scream (£8.4m) and 1998’s Scream 2 (£8.3m).
Sony animation GOAT put on £14,978 on its ninth weekend in cinemas, and is up to £13.2m total, putting it ahead of animations including Disney’s Wish and original animated Lilo & Stitch (both a lower £13.2m), and Sony’s 2022 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (£13.1m).
UK-Asian crime drama Apnas added £12,234 on its fourth weekend for Munro Film, and is up to £253,789 total.
UK-Irish crime thriller No Ordinary Heist added £11,310 on its third weekend for Wildcard Distribution, and is up to £136,554 in total.
Comedy horror They Will Kill You put on £8,329 on its third weekend in cinemas with £642,423 in total for Warner Bros.
A fourth weekend of UK-Polish horror The Good Boy brought in £7,500 for Signature Entertainment, with the film up to £504,469 in total.
Studiocanal’s How To Make A Killing starring Glen Powell added £5,668 on its fifth session, and is just beyond the £2m mark.
One-person cabaret Musik with Frances Barber took £4,547 for CinemaLive, with £11,048 including previews.
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