UK-Ireland top five, August 28-30 RankFilm (origin)DistributorAug 28-30Total Week 1 Spider-Man: Brand New Day (US) Sony £2.8m
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Aug 28-30 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: Brand New Day (US) | Sony | £2.8m | £93.7m | 5 |
| 2 | The Odyssey (US) |
Universal | £2.4m | £80.3m | 7 |
| 3 | Insidious: Out Of The Further (US) | Sony | £1.3m | £1.3m | 2 |
| 4 | The Dog Stars (US) |
Disney | £781,000 | £1.3m | 1 |
| 5 | The End Of Oak Street (US) | Warner Bros | £659,000 | £6.3m | 3 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.35
Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars was the sole up-to-date title in the UK-Ireland box office top five this weekend as blockbusters Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey continued to climb the all-time chart.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the eighth highest-grossing film of all time in the UK and Ireland with £93.7m, overtaking Avengers: Endgame (£88.7m) after a £2.8m fifth weekend, down 23%.
It should rise up to fifth ahead of Barbie (£95.7m) in the next week; and is still on track to overtake 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home (£97.3m) in fourth place.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has topped a remarkable £80m on its seventh weekend for Universal, with a slim 13% drop to £2.4m and £80.3m total. It is the 13th highest-grossing film ever in the territory, soon to overtake Titanic (a higher £80.3m) and with a top 10 spot within reach.
The Odyssey and Brand New Day are following the pattern of Nolan’s previous film Oppenheimer and Warner Bros’ Barbie, with the former film getting closer to overtaking the latter’s individual weekend takings with each session. While The Odyssey will not catch Brand New Day’s overall result, it could surpass its weekend total within the next fortnight, at current rates.
Sony horror Insidious: Out Of The Further put on £1.3m on its second session, falling 39% to hit a £5.2m cume. It will overtake the £5.3m of 2018’s Insidious: The Red Key this week to become the fourth highest-grossing film in the six-film franchise, and could yet challenge the £8.1m total of 2023 top title Insidious: The Red Door.
The Dog Stars opened to £781,000 for Disney, from 631 sites at a £1,238 location average. It is Scott’s lowest opening since the pandemic-afflicted The Last Duel, which began with £326,000 in October 2021.
The Dog Stars has £1.3m including previews and the Bank Holiday Monday.
Warner Bros thriller The End Of Oak Street added £659,000 on its third weekend in cinemas, a 29% drop that brought it to £6.3m total, passing genre titles including 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer (a lower £6.3m).
Takings for the top five titles dropped below the cumulative £10m mark for the first time since mid-July, as a mighty box office summer starts to wane. However, the £8m total for this past weekend is still up 40% on the equivalent weekend from last year.
The return of the National Cinema Day this weekend offers cinemas a chance to draw in audiences to up-to-date titles such as True Brit Entertainment’s The Death Of Robin Hood and Universal’s Scottish comedy The Incomer.
Paramount animation Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie held sixth place on its fourth session due to a 7% escalate on its previous weekend. It added £508,000, and is up to £5.6m total, likely to finish as the third highest-grossing film in the franchise.
Pedro Almodovar’s Bitter Christmas began with £120,000 from Friday-to-Sunday for Curzon, in 106 sites at a decent £1,134 average. Including previews and Monday, the Cannes 2026 selection is up to £198,000 – down on the £239,380 full opening of Almodovar’s The Room Next Door in 2024 but from fewer than half the 233 sites of that title.
More to follow.
