UK-Ireland top five, May 8-10 Rank Film (origin) Distributor May 8-10Total Week 1 The Devil Wears Prada (US) Disney £5.2m £21.1m 2
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | May 8-10 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devil Wears Prada (US) | Disney | £5.2m | £21.1m | 2 |
| 2 | Michael (US) | Universal | £5.1m | £33.5m | 3 |
| 3 | The Sheep Detectives (US-UK) | Sony | £1.7m | £3.3m | 1 |
| 4 | Mortal Kombat II (US) | Warner Bros | £1.5m | £1.6m | 1 |
| 5 | Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (US) | Paramount | £1.4m | £1.8m | 1 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.36
Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2 held off Universal’s Michael to retain the UK-Ireland box office crown for a second weekend; as fresh titles The Sheep Detectives and Mortal Kombat II broke into the top five.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 dropped 44% on its second weekend, with £5.2m taking it to £21.1m. It has passed the totals of titles including The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (£20.4m) and Moulin Rouge (£18.4m), as well as striding beyond the £14.2m of the 2006 first film.
Michael posted an excellent hold on its third weekend in cinemas, falling just 29% with £5.1m and landing less than £120,000 behind Prada 2 for the weekend. The Michael Jackson biopic is up to almost £33.5m, overtaking Elvis (£27.8m) and only behind Bohemian Rhapsody (£55.4m) among music biopics.
Amazon MGM Studios’ comedy The Sheep Detectives started with £1.7m at the weekend, from 654 sites at a £2,596 average, with Sony handling distribution. The film has £3.3m including previews.
Warner Bros’ action title Mortal Kombat II opened to £1.5m from 537 sites at a £2,811 average. This already tops the £566,673 of 2021’s Mortal Kombat, although that came out in a box office only recently reopened during the pandemic. The sequel has £1.6m including previews.
Paramount concert film Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour made it three fresh films in the top five with a £1.4m weekend. Playing in 572 sites, it took a £2,395 site average, and has £1.8m including previews and a Monday, May 4 opening day.
Despite dropping 20% on last weekend, the top five films still took a mighty £14.8m – the fourth-highest total for a weekend this year, and with all five titles breaking the £1m mark. Holdovers should lead the chart next weekend, with fresh releases including Universal horror Obsession, and three key re-release titles landing in cinemas: Warner Bros’ Space Jam, Paramount’s Top Gun, and Universal’s Shrek.
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Universal animation blockbuster The Super Mario Galaxy Movie added £475,046 on its sixth weekend. That 51% drop leaves it on £36.9m total; it won’t catch the £54.9m of 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but has passed the likes of Paddington In Peru (£36.8m) and The Secret Life Of Pets (£36.6m).
Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary dropped out of the top five on its eighth weekend in cinemas; but still posted a robust £287,858, a 50% drop on its previous session. Distributed by Sony, the film is now up to £33.8m, overtaking titles including The Matrix Reloaded (£33.5m) and Suicide Squad (£33.6m).
UK family adventure The Magic Faraway Tree leads Entertainment Film Distributors (EFD)’s slate, with a £121,169 weekend. This 55% drop on its seventh weekend took it to £14.7m total.
Music documentary Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition opened to £97,084 for Universal, from 381 sites at a £301 average. Including previous screenings, the film is up to £207,218.
The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson has crossed £10m mark in a mighty run for the EFD title. It fell 62% on its sixth week in cinemas, with £84,144 bringing it to almost £10.1m total.
Mark Jenkin’s Rose Of Nevada added £48,894 on its third session for BFI Distribution – a 34% drop that was better than the market average, and brought the film to a £497,617 total. Another couple of weeks in cinemas should see it pass the £540,818 of Bait to become Jenkin’s highest-grossing film.
Sang-il Lee’s Korean drama Kokuho started with £39,193 for Vue Lumière, from 73 sites at a £537 average. The film is up to £52,773 including previews.
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is dropping sharply for Warner Bros, with a 78% fall on its third weekend in cinemas of £27,277 and a £2.3m total around one eighth of the £17.8m total of 1999’s The Mummy.
Curzon opened Carla Simon’s Cannes 2025 title Romería to £23,957 from 32 sites this weekend, at a £749 average. Including previews, the film has £42,722.
Indian fantasy romance Krishnavatar started with £18,700 for AA Films UK, with distribution handled by Bakrania Media. The film has £18,873 including previews.
UK land documentary Our Land started with £18,011 for MetFilm Distribution, from 39 sites at a £462 average, and with final figures still to come. The full opening came in at £50,497 total.
On its 10th weekend in cinemas, Disney animation Hoppers topped up by £16,558, and is up to £14.1m total.
Bakrania Media’s Indian comedy-horror Bhoot Bangla added £9,555 on its fifth weekend in cinemas, and is up to £469,838 total.
Park Circus’ re-release of Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence took £6,893 for Park Circus, from 83 sites at an £83 site average. The film made £8.7m on its original 2001 run.
Action biopic Raja Shivaji put on £1,998 on its second weekend for Bakrania Media, and is up to £38,086 total.
Studiocanal’s 4K 40th anniversary re-release of Highlander is up to £81,676, predominantly from a one-day event on Monday, May 4.
Altitude’s re-release of David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, to coincide with the 100th birthday of its narrator and subject, has added £4,100 since the start of the month, for a lifetime total of £453,000.
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