Disney’s ‘Moana’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £2.8m as ‘Toy Story 5’ passes £40m | News

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Disney’s ‘Moana’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £2.8m as ‘Toy Story 5’ passes £40m | News

Rank Film (origin)DistributorJuly 10-12TotalWeek  UK-Ireland top five, July 10-12 1 Moana (US) Disney £2.8m £2.8m  1 2  T

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Rank  Film (origin) Distributor July 10-12 Total Week 
UK-Ireland top five, July 10-12
1 Moana (US) Disney £2.8m £2.8m  1
Toy Story 5 (US)  Disney £2.5m £42.4m  4
Minions & Monsters (US) Universal £1.6m £7.3m  2
Evil Dead Burn (US) Studiocanal £696,706 £696,706  1
The Invite (US) Black Bear £430,000 £1.8m  2

GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.34

Disney pulled off a one-two at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend as Moana topped the charts, followed closely by Toy Story 5.

The live-action Moana opened on £2.8m from 628 locations, making for a site average of £4,480. It is just ahead of the original 2016 animation, which debuted with £2.2m, but far below that of its 2024 sequel Moana 2 which pulled in £12m on opening weekend.

Directed by Thomas Kail, the 2026 remake follows the original story of Moana, the daughter of an island village chief, who, with the lend a hand of a shapeshifting demigod, is chosen to restore a magical stone to the volcanic island of Te Fiti.

Following closely behind in second place was Disney stablemate Toy Story 5 which added £2.5m in its fourth session with a 57% drop. Its total now stands at £42.4m.

Universal animation Minions & Monsters dropped 56% in its second week with £1.6m. The third Minions entry is now up to £7.3m and is still notably behind the opening weekends of its two predecessors (£11.6m in 2015 and £10.4m in 2022). 

Studiocanal horror Evil Dead Burn debuted with £696,706 from 556 locations, for a £1,253 site average. It opened below its predecessor, 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, which debuted on £1.5m.

Olivia Wilde’s The Invite dropped 42% in its second weekend for Black Bear with £430,000. The comedy drama that premiered at Sundance in January is now up to £1.8m.

Obsession and Backrooms ticking over

Warner Bros’ Supergirl dropped another 66% in its third weekend with £265,725 and for a £5.3m cume.

'Obsession'

Universal horror Obsession passed £18m in its ninth session after adding another £247,815.

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is now up to £12.4m for Universal after its fifth weekend brought in £195,259.

A24’s Backrooms landed £83,674 in its seventh session. The horror film is just shy of £13m, with a gross of £12.9m.

Universal’s Michael topped £53m on its 12th weekend after collecting £42,886.

Park Circus’s re-release of Aardman’s A Grand Day Out and The Wrong Trousers opened on £18,004.

Mubi opened Karim Ainouz’s Rosebush Pruning on £15,233. The social satire, featuring a starry cast including Elle Fanning and Callum Turner, has a total of £17,474 with previews.

Sony’s Masters Of The Universe brought in £13,301 on its sixth session for a total of £5.3m.

True Brit’s 500 Miles dropped just 26% in its third weekend with £9,157. The drama starring Bill Nighy has now grossed £200,983.

Misan Harriman documentary Shoot The People opened on £8,220 for Watermelon Pictures.