‘Practical Magic 2’, ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘Pressure’ take top spots at UK-Ireland box office

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Warner Bros’ Practical Magic 2 topped the UK and Ireland box office this weekend as fellow new releases Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger and Pressure nabbed the second and third spots.

Practical Magic 2 opened on £2.8m from 670 cinemas for a strong £4,179 location average. It is almost triple that of the opening for the 1998 original which debuted with £997,000 and will likely pass that film’s £3.3m lifetime total within the next week.

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprise their roles in Practical Magic 2 as two witch sisters attempting to break their family curse. Susanne Bier directs with new cast members including Maisie Williams and Joey King.

Disney’s Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger debuted with £1.6m from 670 locations, for a £2,388 site average. Including previews, the concert film grossed £2.7m with Imax contributing to 14% as of the end of Saturday (September 12).

It debuted ahead of the £1.4m and £1.1m openings of this year’s fellow concert releases Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour and EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour still holds the record with a £5.7m debut in 2023, having dethroned previous recordholder Michael Jackson: This Is It, which kicked off with £4.9m in 2009.

Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern direct Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger which follows the Gallagher brothers on their 2025 reunion tour. It premiered at Venice Film Festival earlier this month.

Studiocanal’s World War Two feature Pressure opened with £1.5m from 702 sites for a £2,137 location average. It opened below Studiocanal’s fellow UK-focused war film The Imitation Game which debuted with £2.8m back in 2014. Including previews, Pressure has a total of £2m. 

Universal’s The Odyssey may have dropped to fourth place but has entered the top 10 highest-grossing films in the UK with a £84.6m cume, overtaking the £83.9m of Top Gun: Maverick. In its 9^th weekend, Christopher Nolan’s epic dipped just 42% with £890,000.

Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day has officially become the third highest-grossing film in the territory after overtaking the £97.3m of Spider-Man: No Way Home. It dropped 49% in its 7^th weekend with £840,000 and is now up to £98.1m, but is unlikely to surpass the totals of Skyfall (£102.8m) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (£123.3m) to climb any further up the all-time chart. 

Running and falling

Sony horror Insidious: Out Of The Further dropped just 40% in its fourth weekend with £457,000. On £7.4m, the sixth instalment is now the second highest-grossing of the Insidious films, with only The Red Door on £8.1m standing in its way.

Studiocanal’s previews of Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom grossed £452,154. The Aardman animation officially opens this Friday (September 18).

US action comedy Runner debuted with £383,000 for Entertainment Film Distributors. Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson star in Scott Waugh’s film about a former soldier and his unlikely partner who become the targets of a ruthless cartel.

Signature Entertainment’s thriller sequel Fall 2 opened with £371,600 from 400 locations, for a £1,002 site average. It is a stronger debut than its predecessor which started on £195,000 in 2022. Including previews, Fall 2 has a total of £479,000.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark led the re-releases with £241,000 for Paramount. Elsewhere, Lionsgate had The Passion Of The Christ on £11,000 as well as The Hunger Games (£12,600) and its sequel Catching Fire (£51,400) in their second weeks.

Altitude’s Coyote Vs. Acme hit £2m in its third session after taking in £140,000.

Disney’s Toy Story 5 added £120,000 on its 13^th week and is now up to £58.4m.

Paramount’s Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie is on £6.3m after six weeks, thanks to a further £116,000.

Minions & Monsters is just shy of £20m on its 11^th session for Universal after the animation brought in £92,800 over the weekend.

On its second session, Scottish comedy The Incomer dropped 46% with £66,900 for a £308,000 cume.

Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony passed £2m for A24 after adding another £58,700 in its fifth week.

Disney’s live-action Moana brought in £51,000 on its 10^th session for a £14.6m cume.

Ridley Scott’sThe Dog Stars hit £2m in its third weekend for Disney with £38,000.

Romantic comedy One Night Only took in £34,800 on its third session, bringing its total to £1.3m.

Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma should pass £1m in the next week after adding £33,000 on its fourth weekend for Mubi.

Also in its third session, Black Bear’s comedy Spa Weekend added £28,000 to its £1.7m total.

Olivia Wilde’s The Invite hit £4.4m in its 11^th week for Black Bear after adding £24,000.

Pedro Almodovar’s Bitter Christmas brought in £21,800 in its third session for Curzon, for a £380,000 cume.

Neon’s first UK-Ireland release Leviticus dropped 80% in its second weekend with £21,300. The queer Australian horror is now up to £325,600.

Willem Dafoe comedy-drama Late Fame dropped just 22% in its second weekend with £16,600 for Vertigo Releasing and is up to £68,000.

Music documentary Eddie Cochran: Don’t Forget Me opened on £5,000 for Miracle.

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