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UK Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th August 2025: Weapons remains at the top for a second weekend with Materialists making its debut at 2

UK Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th August 2025:  Weapons remains at the top for a second weekend with Materialists making its debut at 2
Weapons
Keeping hold of the number 1 spot at the UK box office is Weapons which only drops from its debut last week by 45% and takes £1.5 Million this weekend.

THe movie which has become a major smash worldwide now has taken £6.2 Million in the UK in total grosses.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Materialists from director Celine Song and starring Dakota Johnson.

The movie takes £1.2 Million in its debut weekend which is more that twice that if the directors previous movie Past Lives which went on to gross £2.8 Million.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Weapons (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Materialists (@2)
  • Longest run - F1 (8 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Jurassic World: Rebirth (£34,295,551)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Bad Guys 2 (-33%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £9,023,435
  • Also new this weekend
    • Together
    • War 2
    • Nobody 2
    • Princess Mononoke
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th August 2025

Weapons~2026

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £1,557,828 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £6,254,095 over 2 weeks of release
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of August
Weapons

Materialists

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It grosses £1,287,220 over its debut weekend

Coolie

  • The movie Is a New Entry At Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £939,507 over its debut weekend

Freakier Friday

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £915,703 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £4,027,369 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took £2,681,882 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
Freakier Friday

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

  • The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £688,025 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £20,888,025 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Weapons - £1,557,828
  2. Materialists - £1,287,220
  3. Coolie - £939,507
  4. Freakier Friday - £915,703
  5. The Fantastic Four: First Steps - £688,025
  6. The Bad Guys 2 - £542,737
  7. The Naked Gun - £532,000
  8. Together - £504,489
  9. War 2 - £503,416
  10. Nobody 2 - £475,724
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