Rank Film (origin)DistributorMay 2-4 gross TotalWeek UK-Ireland top five, May 16-18, 2025 1 Final Destination: Bloodlines (US) W
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | May 2-4 gross | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final Destination: Bloodlines (US) | Warner Bros | £2.8m | £4m | 1 |
| 2 | Thunderbolts* (US) | Disney | £1.2m | £13.9m | 3 |
| 3 | Sinners (US) | Warner Bros | £717,642 | £14.4m | 5 |
| 4 | A Minecraft Movie (US) | Warner Bros | £470,437 | £55.5m | 7 |
| 5 | Hurry Up Tomorrow (US) | Lionsgate | £164,638 | £164,638 | 1 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.34
Warner Bros’ horror Final Destination: Bloodlines knocked Disney’s Thundebolts* off the top spot at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend with the second strongest opening of the franchise.
The sixth instalment in the Final Destination series debuted with £2.8m from 621 locations. Including previews it is up to £4m.
It is its second strongest opening in the series, which centres around people who have escaped death, behind Final Destination 4 which opened on £3.5m back in 2009. The previous instalment Final Destination 5 was the weakest entry with a £1.5m opening in 2011.
Knocked down to second place on its third weekend was Disney’s Thunderbolts* which added £1.2m. The latest Marvel title is now just shy of £14m.
Holding forceful in third position is Warner Bros’ Sinners, dropping just 35% on its fifth session with £717,642. Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic is now up to £14.4m.
Also for Warner Bros, A Minecraft Movie added £470,437 in its seventh week of play. With a total of £55.5m, the videogame adaptation has crept into the top 40 highest-grossing films of all time in the territory, surpassing Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (£55m) and Bohemian Rhapsody (£55.4m).
Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan star in the psychological thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow which debuted just inside the top five with £164,638 from 288 cinemas. Musician The Weeknd stars in Trey Edward Shults’ film as a fictionalised version of himself who is stalked by a fan.
The Penguin scores £3m
In its third weekend, The Accoutant 2 topped £2.5m for Warner Bros after adding £111,302.
British thriller Hallow Road opened on £81,954 for Universal. Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys star in Babak Anvari’s film about two parents trying to save their daughter.
Sony horror Until Dawn drew in £59,077 on its fourth session for a £1.7m cume.
Steve Coogan-starrer The Penguin Lessons cleared £3.1m in its fifth weekend after adding £53,465.
For Trafalgar Releasing, Ateez added £59,812 for a £91,874 cume while Salome – Met Opera 2025 scored £52,106 and Royal Opera: Die Walküre is up to £180,291 after bringing in £42,430.
French comedy The Marching Band opened on £28,886 from 89 locations for Vertigo Releasing. Emmanuel Courcol’s film premiered in Cannes last year and stars Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin as long-lost brothers.
On its second weekend, Nicholas Cage-starrer The Surfer added £17,830 and is now up to £229,209.
Sony opened the 4K re-release of Japanese anime Demon Slayer: Mugen Train with £16,142 from 131 sites.
SIx The Musical is up to £5.7m for Universal, after adding £15,948 in its seventh session.
US drama Good One opened on £13,370 for Conic Film. India Donaldson’s debut follows a 17-year-old on a backpacking trip in the Catskills with her father and his oldest friend.
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