UK-Ireland box office revenue was up 14% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, after a strong June saw takings up 29% on the equivalent month last year, according to Rentrak.
The year to date is at £604.9m, 14% up on the £532.2m at the same stage in 2025, and up 34% on the £451.6m at the same point in 2024.
Box office receipts for June grossed £99.4m, up 29% on the £76.8m in June 2025. Takings have been up in five of the six months of the year so far, as the theatrical sector shows recovery post-pandemic and post-strikes.
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Release date | 5/6/26-2/7/26 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toy Story 5 (US) | Disney | 19/6/26 | £32.2m | £32.2m |
| 2 | Disclosure Day (US) |
Universal | 12/6/26 | £11.4m | £11.4m |
| 3 | Scary Movie (US) | Paramount | 5/6/26 | £9.1m | £9.1m |
| 4 | Obsession (US) | Universal | 15/5/26 | £8.6m | £17.1m |
| 5 | Backrooms (US) | A24 | 29/5/26 | £6.1m | £12.5m |
| 6 | Masters Of The Universe (US) | Sony | 5/6/26 | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| 7 | Michael (US) | Universal | 24/4/26 | £3.8m | £52.9m |
| 8 | Supergirl (US) |
Warner Bros | 26/6/26 | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| 9 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu (US) | Disney | 22/5/26 | £3m | £15.6m |
| 10 | The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (US) |
Piece Of Magic | 5/6/26 | £3m | £3m |
Toy Story 5 dominated the chart for June with £32.2m, almost double the £16.6m of How To Train Your Dragon, the highest-grossing title from June 2025.
The Disney-Pixar animation was tracking 6% ahead of Toy Story 4 at the end of June, and tracking behind only Toy Story 3 among animated titles.
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day took second place for the month with £11.4m for Universal. It recorded the fifth-biggest opening ever for Spielberg with £3.8m, and is currently the director’s seventh-highest-grossing film of all time in the territory, soon to overtake 1975’s Jaws (£11.8m).
May horror releases Obsession and Backrooms both made it into the June top 10, in fourth and fifth place for Universal and A24, respectively. Obsession became the ninth-highest-grossing release of 2026 with £17.1m and is the fifth-highest-grossing horror of all time. Backrooms became A24’s highest-grossing title in the territory with £12.5m and is in the all-time horror top 10.
Superhero titles Masters Of The Universe and Supergirl both made the top 10 in sixth and eighth place, but both will likely not hit £6m across their cinema runs. All of the top 10 titles in June were US-originated films.
Universal led the month among distributors with three titles, followed by Disney with two, then one each for Paramount, A24, Sony, Warner Bros and Piece Of Magic.
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Release date | 2026 gross | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael (US) | Universal | 24/4/26 | £52.9m | £52.9m |
| 2 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (US) | Universal | 3/4/26 | £38.4m | £38.4m |
| 3 | Project Hail Mary (US) | Sony | 20/3/26 | £34.6m | £34.6m |
| 4 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 (US) | Disney | 1/5/26 | £34.3m | £34.3m |
| 5 | Toy Story 5 (US) | Disney | 19/6/26 | £32.2m | £32.2m |
| 6 | Wuthering Heights (US) | Warner Bros | 13/2/26 | £25.3m | £25.3m |
| 7 | The Housemaid (US) | Lionsgate | 26/12/25 | £23.5m | £23.5m |
| 8 | Hamnet (UK-US) | Universal | 9/1/26 | £19.1m | £19.1m |
| 9 | Obsession (US) | Universal | 15/5/26 | £17.1m | £17.1m |
| 10 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu (US) | Disney | 22/5/26 | £15.6m | £15.6m |
Michael remained in the monthly top 10 for a third consecutive month, in seventh place with £3.8m. The Universal title is the highest-grossing film of the year to date with £52.9m, and the second-highest-grossing music biopic of all time in the territory behind Bohemian Rhapsody (£55.4m).
Three new titles entered the year-to-date top 10 this month: Toy Story 5 in fifth place, Obsession in ninth, and Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu in 10th.
For cinemas looking to continue the positive first half of the year across the summer, Universal started Minions & Monsters on July 1, albeit with a moderate first weekend. Disney opens its live-action Moana on July 10, which will be followed by Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey via Universal from July 17. The month closes with the latest Spider-Man tentpole, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, through Sony on July 31.
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