| Rank | Film (distributor) | Three-day gross (Mar 24-26) | Total gross to date | Week |
| 1. | John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) | £4.8m | £5.3m | 1 |
| 2. | Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (Warner Bros) | £1.1m | £4.1m | 2 |
| 3. | Creed III (Warner Bros) | £731,273 | £12.8m | 4 |
| 4. | Scream VI (Paramount) | £598,000 | £6.3m | 3 |
| 5. | Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Universal) | £493,113 | £24.6 | 8 |
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Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 has topped the UK and Ireland box office during its opening weekend with an impressive £4.8m debut.
Opening in 651 cinemas, the hitman thriller starring Keanu Reeves collected an average of £7,373 per site and has made a total of £5.3m including previews.
This opening figure is up 78% from the previous instalment, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which debuted with £2.7m. It has also already surpassed the entire box office takings of the first John Wick (2015) which brought in £1.6m; and is on its way to surpassing the 2017 sequel which finished on £6m.
John Wick: Chapter 4 had a stronger opening than last week’s Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (£2.4m) but is just behind the debuts of other franchise sequels in 2023 – Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (£8.8m), Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (£5m) and Creed III (£5m), the latter two of which remain in the box office top five.
In the fourth instalment, Reeves’ titular character goes up against new enemies and old friends with a cast that includes Laurence Fishburne, Donnie Yen and Bill Skarsgard. Chad Stahelski returns to the director’s chair, having also been behind the last three films.
Warner Bros’ Shazam! Fury Of The Gods made £1.1m, taking a 54% drop on its second weekend. The superhero sequel moves to second place and now has an cumulative total of £4.1m - close to that of the first film’s £4m opening weekend in 2019.
Also for Warner Bros, Creed III landed in third place with £731,273 during its fourth session and has now collected a total of £12.8m.
Scream VI took in £598,000 on its third weekend for Paramount. The latest in the slasher franchise has now made £6.3m.
Still clawing away in its eighth weekend is Universal’s Puss In Boots: The Last Wish which made £493,113. The sequel to the Shrek spin-off was down just 21% from last weekend and now has an cumulative total of £24.6m.
Mixed results for new releases
Dropping only 33% in its second weekend was Pathe’s Allelujah which took in £462,400. Richard Eyre’s hospital-set comedy drama has now crossed the £2m mark.
Next in line is Sony’s 65 which made £294,802 during its third weekend and is just shy of £3m in total.
The second highest-grossing new release after John Wick: Chapter 4 is Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices, which brought in £186,532 on its opening weekend from 350 sites. The documentary, about the former One Direction member, opened on Wednesday (March 22) and has made a total of £455,912.
That represents a strong result for Trafalgar Releasing, despite being down on the boyband’s own documentary One Direction: This Is Us which opened with £3.5m for Sony back in 2013. All Of Those Voices is directed by Charlie Lightening, who also directed Liam Gallagher: As It Was.
On its second weekend, Disney’s romantic comedy Rye Lane dropped 32% to bring in £150,824. The Sundance hit is just shy of £600,000 in its total box office takings.
Debuting just inside the top 10 was Paramount’s 80 For Brady which took in £134,000 from 428 locations (the second widest opening of the weekend), making for a £313 site average. Including previews, the sports comedy has a total of £159,000. Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field and Rita Moreno star as lifelong friends who are determined to meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.
On its fifth session, Studiocanal’s romcom What’s Love Got To Do With It? added another £122,980 to a total now nearing £4.5m.
Comedy horror Cocaine Bear made £113,193 on its fourth weekend to reach a £5.4m cume for Universal; which also had Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool, opening with £81,727 from 154 sites at a £530 location average. The sci-horror, which premiered at Sundance, stars Alexander Skarsgard, Cleopatra Coleman and Mia Goth and follows a couple on holiday at a luxury resort when things take a dark turn.
A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once added another £102,647 in its post-Oscar winning re-release. The multiverse family comedy has now crossed the £6m.
Studiocanal’s animation Epic Tails collected another £73,417 on its seventh weekend, bringing its total £2.2m.
Opening this weekend was Zach Braff’s A Good Person which took in £72,000 across 196 sites for Sky Cinema. The drama stars Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman whose characters form an unlikely friendship after a fatal tragedy.
Universal’s horror Pearl dropped 68% in its second weekend with takings of £48,820. Ti West’s X sequel now has a £370,249 cume.
Fellow Universal title Champions took a dip of 57% as it collected £43,329 on its third session. The sports comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, has made a total of £787,795.
A24’s The Whale was up 37% in its eighth weekend, taking in £35,599 for a £2.4m cume. Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s drama earlier this month.
Curzon’s Spanish thriller The Beasts opened with £26,528. Including previews, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s film has made £34,999. The film, which debuted in the new Cannes Premiere section last year,r follows a French couple whose presence is met with great hostility when they move to a small Spanish village.
On its 18th weekend, Sony’s Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is still going strong with a further £25,131 for its £27.9m cume.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker has officially become Picturehouse’s biggest post-Covid release as it added another £13,539, overtaking reigning title Corsage to bring its total to £532,032.
BFI Distribution’s release of the 1981 documentary Dance Craze took in £9,245 across 32 locations. The film, which is a 4k remaster of the documentary exploring the UK’s 2 Tone Ska Era, totals £33,515 including previews.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title The Five Devils opened with £9,006 from 29 cinemas for Mubi, making a total of £16,701 with previews. Léa Mysius’s French drama sees a young girl, who can recreate any scent of her choosing, transported through old memories after her aunt returns from prison.
Fellow Cannes 2022 title, Manuela Martelli’s 1976, also opened this weekend, making £7,394 across 10 cinemas for New Wave (£8,698 including previews). The Chilean drama follows a middle-class woman who is asked to take care of a mysterious injured young man by the local priest.
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