UK-Ireland top five, Oct 3-5 Rank Film (origin) DistributorOct 3-5 Total Week 1 Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgi
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | Oct 3-5 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl (US) | Piece Of Magic | £3.5m | £3.5m | 1 |
| 2 | One Battle After Another (US) | Warner Bros | £2m | £6m | 2 |
| 3 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (UK) | Universal | £865,075 | £15.6m | 4 |
| 4 | The Smashing Machine (US) | Entertainment Film Distributors | £862,322 | £862,322 | 1 |
| 5 | The Conjuring: Last Rites (US) | Warner Bros | £510,757 | £17.3m | 5 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.34
Event cinema title Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl topped the UK-Ireland box office on its one-and-only weekend in cinemas, with a £3.5m session.
Playing in 656 cinemas and starting at 20.00 BST on Friday, October 3, the film took a mighty £5,275 location average, having sold out multiple screenings in advance.
It closed its screenings on Sunday as a three-day-only event.
The £3.5m weekend was down on the £5.7m opening of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour from October 2023 – the biggest opening ever for an event cinema title in the region. That film played for several weeks on its way to a £12.3m total gross.
However, £3.5m still represents an excellent result for distributor Piece Of Magic, with the release having topped the global box office chart too.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another posted an excellent hold on its second weekend for Warner Bros, dropping just 19% with just under £2m.
The revolutionary thriller is up to £6m from just 10 days in cinemas, already making it Anderson’s highest-grossing film ahead of There Will Be Blood (£5m). Warner Bros will now look to push the film past the £10m mark across its run.
Another former number one, Universal’s Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, added £865,075 – a 34% drop on its fourth session that brought it to £15.6m total. It has passed the £15.1m total of 2022’s second film A New Era, although the £28.5m of 2019’s Downton Abbey will likely be beyond it.
Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt opened to £862,322 for Entertainment Film Distributors, from 650 sites at a £1,327 average.
Warner Bros horror The Conjuring: Last Rites continues to flourish through its fifth weekend in cinemas. The film added £510,757 on its latest session – a 39% drop that brought it to £17.3m, already the highest-grossing title in the nine-film Conjuring universe by almost £6m.
Takings for the top five rose for a second consecutive weekend, up 13% to £7.7m. This brings more good news for exhibitors, after September takings were up 18% on last year. Although there will be no Taylor Swift next weekend, Disney’s Tron: Ares will look to maintain the good feeling.
Harris Dickinson’s UK independent title Urchin made a decent start, with £69,279 from 68 sites at a £1,019 average for Picturehouse Entertainment. Including previews, the film is up to £131,116 already.
More to follow.
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