RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Nov 15-17)Total gross to dateWeek 1. Gladiator II (Paramount) £8.8m £9.1m 1 2. Pad
| Rank | Film (distributor) | Three-day gross (Nov 15-17) | Total gross to date | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gladiator II (Paramount) | £8.8m | £9.1m | 1 |
| 2. | Paddington In Peru (Studiocanal) | £6.8m | £18.9m | 2 |
| 3. | Red One (Warner Bros) | Figures to come | Figures to come | 2 |
| 4. | Heretic (EFD) | £505,119 | £4.9m | 3 |
| 5. | Venom: The Last Dance (Sony) | £398,202 | £11.8m | 4 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.26
Gladiator II posted a sturdy £8.8m start at the UK-Ireland box office, for the biggest opening weekend of director Ridley Scott’s career.
The Paramount blockbuster comfortably bested the £6.6m start of Scott’s The Martian from 2015. It also took a 146.4% boost on the £3.6m opening of Gladiator from 2000.
Playing in 722 cinemas, Gladiator II took a £12,134 site average. Its £9.1m total is the fourth biggest of the year, behind Deadpool & Wolverine (£12.6m), Inside Out 2 (£11.3m) and Paddington In Peru (£9.7m).
Paddington In Peru posted a decent second weekend hold in the context of another blockbuster title. The Studiocanal family film fell just 29.4% with £6.8m, which brought it to an £18.9m total – currently the ninth-highest-grossing film of the year after just 10 days in cinemas.
This was a slightly bigger drop than the 20% fall of 2017’s Paddington 2, although that film only had £16.9m at the same stage.
Figures for Warner Bros’ Red One are still to come.
Hugh Grant-starring horror Heretic added £505,119, after a 50.2% drop across its third weekend. The Entertainment Film Distributors title is up to £4.9m in the UK and Ireland alone – a sturdy result given its reported budget of £8m.
On its fourth weekend in cinemas, Sony comic book adaptation Venom: The Last Dance dropped 58.7% with £398,202 taking it to £11.8m, and will end down on the £20.2m of 2018’s Venom and £18.1m of 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
The Wild Robot added £386,653 on its fifth weekend – a 42% fall – and is up to £13.2m, falling behind the £21.5m total of fellow 2024 Universal animation Migration although still performing well for an original film.
Further figures to come.
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