UK-Ireland box office figures for October 2024 were down 17% compared to the previous year, causing the year-to-date figure to fall back to 11% down.
The underperformance of Joker: Folie À Deux meant the year-to-date comparison dropped from 10% down at the end of September. The 2024 box office is currently at £799.1m; total revenue for 2023 was £1.1bn.
| Rank | Title | Distributor | October gross | Total gross | Release date |
| 1 | Joker: Folie À Deux | Warner Bros | £10.2m | £10.2m | 4/10/2024 |
| 2 | The Wild Robot | Universal | £9.5m | £9.5m | 18/10/2024 |
| 3 | Venom: The Last Dance | Sony | £6.9m | £6.9m | 25/10/2024 |
| 4 | Smile 2 | Paramount | £4.9m | £4.9m | 18/10/2024 |
| 5 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Warner Bros | £4.3m | £25.9m | 6/9/2024 |
| 6 | Transformers One | Paramount | £4m | £4m | 11/10/2024 |
| 7 | Terrifier 3 | Signature | £3.1m | £3.1m | 11/10/2024 |
| 8 | The Apprentice | Studiocanal | £1.8m | £1.8m | 18/10/2024 |
| 9 | The Substance | Mubi | £1.8m | £3.6m | 20/9/2024 |
| 10 | The Outrun | Studiocanal | £1.4m | £2.2m | 27/9/2024 |
Warner Bros’ Folie À Deux was still the number one film in October with £10.2m, having opened to £5.6m at the beginning of the month. However it is likely to finish with less than one-fifth of the £58.3m of 2019’s Joker, and is only the seventh-highest-grossing release for director Todd Phillips, who also made The Hangover films.
Dreamworks Animation’s The Wild Robot took second spot with £9.5m after a £3.2m opening. It was the best-performing animation of the month, and is currently the fifth-highest-grossing animation of the year.
Independent titles made it into the top 10 again, with Terrifier 3 in seventh place with £3m – the highest-grossing film ever for Signature Entertainment.
Mubi’s The Substance achieved the impressive feat of making the top 10 for successive months, in ninth place with £1.8m in October. It is Mubi’s highest-grossing title ever, with £3.6m across its run.
Studiocanal also had two titles in the top 10 – Donald Trump drama The Apprentice in eight place with £1.8m, and Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun starring Saoirse Ronan in 10th with £1.4m.
Despite those bright spots, none of the October releases came close to making the year-to-date top 10 (Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes currently in 10th with £15.8m).
Exhibitors still need a strong November and December to make up the shortcomings. After a slate of awards contenders this weekend including Anora and Blitz, Studiocanal’s Paddington In Peru from November 8 will need to climb towards the £38m and £42.6m of the first two films, while big figures are also needed from Paramount’s Gladiator II (November 15), Universal musical adaptation Wicked (November 22) and Disney animation Moana 2 (November 29).
All figures in this article were provided by Comscore.
No comments yet