UK-Ireland top five, May 9-11, 2025 Rank Film (origin) Distributor May 2-4 gross Total Week 1 Thunderbolts* (US) Disney £2.
| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | May 2-4 gross | Total | Week |
| 1 | Thunderbolts* (US) | Disney | £2.4m | £11.7m | 2 |
| 2 | Sinners (US) | Warner Bros | £1.1m | £13.1m | 4 |
| 3 | A Minecraft Movie (US) | Warner Bros | £621,814 | £54.9m | 6 |
| 4 | Ocean With Davd Attenborough (UK) | Altitude | £321,963 | £573,551 | 1 |
| 5 | The Accountant 2 (US) | Warner Bros | £227,269 | £2.3m | 3 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.31
Disney’s Thunderbolts* held the top spot at the UK and Ireland box office, on a weekend where takings were affected by heated weather across much of the territory.
Dropping 53% in its second weekend, Thunderbolts* brought in £2.4m. The latest superhero venture now stands at £11.7m, behind the £13.2m of Captain America: Brave New World at the same release point.
Holding mighty in second place was Warner Bros’ Sinners which, despite dropping 56%, still brought in over £1m on its fourth weekend. Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror has a £13.1m cume, coming up on the £14.3m of 2023’s Creed III which Coogler produced.
In third place was A Minecraft Movie, also for Warner Bros, taking a steep 70% drop on its sixth session with £621,814 taking it to £54.9m. The film is now just £8,000 behind The Super Mario Bros Movie (also £54.9m) and will overtake it to become the highest-grossing video game adaptation ever in the territory today.
The only novel release to crack the top five was Altitude documentary Ocean With David Attenborough which debuted with £321,963 over the weekend from 580 sites at a £555 average, and has £573,551 in total including its Thursday opening.
In fifth place was Warner Bros’ The Accountant 2 which scored £227,269 on its third session for a £2.3m cume.
Slipping outside the top five on its third week was Sony horror Until Dawn which added £190,015 to a £1.6m pot.
The Surfer rides in
Lionsgate’s The Penguin Lessons is just shy of £3m after landing £101,952 in its fourth session.
Nicholas Cage stars in The Surfer which opened on £94,895 for Vertigo Releasing. Lorcan Finnegan’s psychological thriller has a total of £132,274 including previews.
Disney’s The Amateur is up to £4.3m after taking in £50,137 on its fifth week of play.
Also for Disney, Snow White added £46,179 on its eighth weekend for an £11.5m cume.
Universal’s The Wedding Banquet debuted on £36,628. The queer comedy stars Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone.
Also for Universal, Six The Musical added £27,842 in its sixth session, bringing the event release up to £5.7m.
For Picturehouse, Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope took in another £20,000 on its second weekend for a £180,000 cume.
Venice documentary Riefenstahl opened on £17,755 for Dogwoof, bringing a running total of £21,972 with previews.
US comedy drama The Uninvited debuted with £17,202 for Foton Distribution. Walton Goggins, Pedro Pascal and Lois Smith are among the cast of Nadia Conners’ feature.
Curzon opened Karim Ainouz’s Motel Destino on £12,388 from 26 screens. The Portuguese erotic thriller played in Competition at Cannes last year.
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