| Range | Movie (origin) | Distributor | March 20-22 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ave Maria Project (US) | sony | £4.6 million | £7.4 million | 1 |
| 2 | Dhurandhar: revenge (India) |
movie buffs | £1.6 million | £2.1 million | 1 |
| 3 | Hoppers (US) | disney | £1.2 million | £9.5 million | 3 |
| 4 | Reminders of him (US) |
Universal | £675,230 | 2.5 million pounds | 2 |
| 5 | Ready or not 2: Here I come (US) | disney | £597,414 | £615,448 | 1 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.33
Sci-fi thriller Ave Maria Project topped the UK and Ireland box office with a £4.6 million opening weekend; as an Indian sequel Dhurandhar: revenge broke records in second place.
Amazon MGM Studios Title Ave Maria Projectwith Sony handling distribution, it earned £4.6m from 701 sites, averaging £6,601 per site. The £4.6m figure is a record opening for a title produced by Amazon MGM Studios, more than doubling the £2m opening for the 2024 Christmas comedy. one red.
Having begun progress the previous weekend, Ave Maria Project is off to a good overall start with £7.4m and should surpass one red (£8.2m) to become the highest-grossing Amazon MGM Studios-produced film in the territory next weekend.
Dhurandhar: revenge recorded the highest opening ever recorded for an Indian film at the UK and Ireland box office. It started with a bumper £1.6m Fri-Sun figure for Moviegoers Entertainment, ahead of 2023. Pathan (£1.4 million).
A mid-range release in 287 theaters, revenge earned a strong placement average of £5,709. Its £643,180 on Saturday 21 March was the biggest day for a Hindi film at the UK and Ireland box office.
The film also grossed £425,793 on Thursday, March 19, the biggest opening day for a Hindi film and revenge a total of £2.1 million. This made it the fastest Indian film to reach £2 million in UK and Irish cinemas, in just four days. Now it’s pointing PathanA total of £4.4 million will become the highest-grossing Indian film in history.
Written and directed by Aditya Dhar, revenge is the second and final installment about an Indian intelligence agent who infiltrates Pakistani criminal syndicates while avenging the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The first Dhurandhar The film opened with £306,678 in December last year and finished with a strong total of £3 million as the third highest-grossing Indian film in history behind. Pathan and 2023 jawan (£3.3 million).
former number one Hoppers brought in £1.2m in its third session for Disney – a drop of 46%, taking it to £9.5m overall. It will surpass £10m next week; and should see a boost in the UK Easter school holidays, starting on March 28.
Adaptation by Colleen Hoover Reminders of him It added £675,230 in its second weekend for Universal, a 38% drop taking it to just under £2.5m. It falls short of the huge success of Hoover’s 2024 adaptation Finish with uswhich at the time amounted to £11.4 million; but closer to last year regrettingwhich rose to £3.9 million after two weekends.
Horror sequel Ready or not 2: Here I come opened at £597,414 for Disney, from 468 sites to an average of £1,277. This was down from the £697,488 opening of the first film of 2019, from 425 sites to an average of £1,641. Including previews, here I go has £615,448.
Takings from the top five titles rose 33% last weekend to £8.8m and are heading in a positive direction for the first time in five weeks. The numbers were also up 35% on the equivalent weekend last year. Looking to continue the momentum next weekend is Entertainment Film Distributors. The distant magic tree with Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.
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Studiocanal’s How to make a kill it added £255,014 in its second weekend, a 58% drop that took it to a total of £1.5 million.
supreme horror Shout 7 added £199,000 in its fourth weekend in cinemas, a drop of 59%. The franchise title stands at £7.6m, approaching the highest £7.6m in 2022. Shout to become the fourth highest-grossing title in the franchise.
Now in its sixth weekend in theaters, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights leads the Warner Bros chart, adding £191,522, a drop of 64%. It costs £24.8 million and remains the highest-grossing release of 2026 to date.
sony animation GOAT added £125,587 in its sixth weekend, with £125,587 taking it to a total of £12.9m.
Jan Komasa’s psychological thriller the good boy opened to £122,595 on 241 sites with an average of £509 for Signature Entertainment. The film, starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Anson Boon, costs up to £191,862 including trailers.
Ashley Chin’s British-Asian Drama apnas It started with £55,582 for Munro Film, across 95 cinemas averaging £585 per location, with select screenings and days in many venues.
UK produced drama winter holidays starring Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds started with £54,859 for Universal, from 204 sites to a low average of £273. Including trailers, the film has £61,060.
Opening film of the 2025 Venice Film Festival by Paolo Sorrentino Grace started at £48,064 for Mubi, slightly below the director’s price Partenope (£61,559 opening) from last year, but with a slightly higher screen average of £1,045. Grace has £89,400 including previews.
Baz Luhrmann EPiC: Elvis Presley in concert it added £42,549 in its fourth weekend, a 76% drop that took it to £3.6m for Universal.
Circus Park 25th Baz Luhrmann Anniversary Reissue Red Moulin! raised £38,938 from 279 sites with an average of £140.
Kléber Mendonça Filho’s The secret agent starring Wagner Moura is worth up to £1.2m for Mubi, having added £30,791 in its fifth weekend in cinemas.
Even though awards season is already in the rearview mirror, Chloe Zhao Hamnet continues to find an audience through its 11th weekend in cinemas. Universal’s release added £30,310 in its latest session, falling 44% better than the market average; and amounts to £18.9 million in total.
Venice 2025 title dead man’s wire started with £22,196 for Vertigo Releasing, from 84 sites averaging £264. The film, starring Dacre Montgomery and Bill Skarsgard, has a total of £36,621.
Documentary about Scottish activism Everybody to Kenmure Street added £18,634 in its second weekend, a drop of just 27%, despite fewer sites and screenings. The film now costs £96,163 for Conic, having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year before opening the Glasgow Film Festival.
Maggie Gyllenhaal The bride! leaves theaters after just three weekends. The gothic romance fell a considerable 91% in its third session, with £16,132; and is worth up to £1.4m for Warner Bros, having struggled during its run at the box office.
Oliver Laxe’s Oscar nominee Sirat is up £396,964 from four weekends for Altitude, having added £16,030 in its last session.
In its sixth weekend in theaters, Amazon MGM Studios’ Crime 101 He bet £9,940 and it amounts to £4.3 million, distributed by Sony.
Musical documentary by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard Broken English About Marianne Faithfull started with £8,770 for Vue Lumière and has £118,074 including advances.
Hlynur Palmason’s Icelandic title at Cannes 2025 The love that remains added £7,541 in its second weekend for Curzon and rises to £65,288.
Trafalgar Launch Othello added £4,426 from just four screenings in a third weekend in cinemas; and is up to £420,923.
Documentary about open water swimming Don’t be prey started with £1,497 for Munro Film, from nine locations to average £166 with final figures still to come. The film has £10,466 including trailers.
The religious drama of Mauro Borelli The last supper Started with £602 for Miracle/Dazzler, from limited shows at 14 venues.
Met Opera Live – Tristan und Isolde is up £100,333 for Trafalgar Releasing, from last week’s projections.
