‘Resident Evil’ tops UK-Ireland box office with franchise record opening £4.2m; ‘Shaun The Sheep 3’ starts fourth

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Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil scared up an excellent £4.2m to top this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, with the biggest opening of the horror franchise by a clear distance.

The film took a £6,926 location average from 608 sites for Sony. It is the biggest opening of the eight Resident Evil films to date, with more than double the £1.7m full opening of 2010’s Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D; and is less than £600,000 behind the £4.8m total of that film as the highest-grossing in the franchise. It has overtaken the totals of all six other live-action Resident Evil films, including 2002 first title Resident Evil  (£2.8m).

The 2026 Resident Evil also topped the £2.6m start of Cregger’s Oscar-winning Weapons from last year. That film went on to an £11.9m total, a strong result for a horror; Resident Evil will have the £10m mark in its sights first, then look to challenge Weapons’ total.

Warner Bros’ Practical Magic 2, number one the previous weekend, dropped 47%, with £1.5m across its second session. It is up to £5.6m total, having overtaken the £3.3m lifetime of the 1999 first film.

Anthony Maras’s Second World War drama Pressure added £1.1m on its second weekend, falling a slim 26%. It is up to £4.3m for Studiocanal.

The distributor also had Aardman Animations title Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom opening in cinemas this weekend, released on behalf of Sky Cinema. Steve Cox and Matthew Walker’s family title began with just over £1m from 647 sites at a £1,585 average, and has £1.5m including previews. This is below the £2.1m opening of 2015’s Shaun The Sheep Movie, which went on to £13.8m; but above the £1.3m start of 2019’s Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, which ended on £7.1m. Studiocanal will be aiming for a final result between those two totals.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey remains in the top five after 10 weekends in cinemas, and has taken more than box office rival Spider-Man: Brand New Day for the second weekend in a row. The Universal title added £587,000 on its latest session, falling 34% from its previous weekend, and is up to £85.8m. It is currently the 10^th -highest-grossing film of all time, behind Avengers: Endgame (£88.7m) in ninth.

The top five titles took a cumulative £8.4m this weekend, up 10% on last weekend and up 38% on the equivalent weekend from last year. Universal’s literary adaptation Sense And Sensibility and Paramount adventure Heart Of The Beast starring Brad Pitt could see that figure rise above the £10m mark again next weekend.

Bad Apples ripens

Spider-Man: Brand New Day cemented its position as the third highest-grossing film of all time at the UK-Ireland box office, with a £571,000 eighth weekend, a drop of 32%. It is up to £99m for Sony, although will need an especially long tail to reach the £102.8m of Skyfall in second place.

Concert film Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger added £488,000 on its second weekend for Disney, a 70% drop that took it to £3.8m total. The film finishes its theatrical run this Thursday, September 24, before heading to Disney+ later this year.

Jonathan Etzler’s Bad Apples, co-written by 2025 Screen Star of Tomorrow Jess O’Kane, opened to £435,000 for Paramount, from 443 sites at a £982 location average. Including previews, the Saoirse Ronan-starring film is up to £485,000.

Sony horror Insidious: Out Of The Further added £195,000 on its fifth session, a 57% drop. The film is up to £7.8m total, edging towards the £8.1m of 2023’s Insidious: The Red Door as the highest-grossing of the franchise.

Signature Entertainment’s thriller Fall 2 added £145,000 on its second session, after a 61% drop from its opening. The genre sequel is up to £805,000.

Scott Waugh’s action title Runner dropped 63% on its second weekend for Entertainment Film Distributors, with £142,100 bringing it to a £753,000 lifetime.

Mubi handled its first event distribution release this weekend, through Garth Jennings’ documentary Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore? The film took £110,000 across the weekend from 52 sites at a £2,106 average. This included £72,700 on its main event day on Friday, when it placed 10^th in the chart. Including one preview, it is at £111,000.

Animation Coyote Vs. Acme added £107,000 on its fourth weekend for Altitude, with that slim 23% drop bringing it to a £2.1m total.

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie put on £76,000 on its seventh weekend for Paramount, with a 35% drop taking it to £6.3m lifetime.

Toy Story 5’s long tail continued with £66,100 on its 14^th weekend in cinemas, reaching a £58.4m cume for Disney after a 45% drop.

De Gaulle: Part 2 – Liberté started with £63,300 from 122 sites at a £519 average for Entertainment Film Distributors, below the £100,000 start at a £670 average of first title Résistance from late August.

Minions & Monsters  added £59,900 on its 12^th weekend in cinemas for Universal, with a 35% drop bringing it just shy of £20m total.

Anime Ltd’s re-release of Yoshifumi Kondo’s anime Whisper Of The Heart, written by Hayao Miyazaki, took £35,900 at the weekend, and has £69,300 including Imax previews.

Indian action drama Mirzapur: The Movie added £34,800 on its third weekend in cinemas through AA Films UK, after a 57% drop, and is up to £416,000, with Bakrania Media handling bookings.

Louis Paxton’s The Incomer is up to £401,000 for Universal, after a £33,100 third weekend in cinemas.

A24’s Tony added £30,900 on its sixth weekend in cinemas; the chef biopic is up to £2.1m in a solid result, booked into cinemas by Picturehouse Entertainment.

Trafalgar Releasing’s event release Twenty Years Of The Met In Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration took £30,600 from 99 sites at a £303 location average.

Lance Hammer’s Berlinale title Queen At Sea opened to just over £28,000 for Curzon, from 52 sites at a £539 average. Including previews, the drama is up to £39,100.

The End Of Oak Street topped up by £26,900 on its sixth weekend for Warner Bros, with a healthy £7.2m total.

De Gaulle: Résistance added £26,100 on its fourth weekend for Entertainment Film Distributors, and is up to £468,000 total.

Moana put on £24,200 on its 11^th weekend for Disney, after a 53% fall took it to £14.7m total, just behind last year’s The Bad Guys 2  (a higher £14.7m).

Indian action comedy Vibe started with £17,300 from 61 sites at a £298 average for AA Films UK, with bookings from Bakrania Media.

Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma has crossed the £1m mark for Mubi, with £15,600 on its fifth weekend in cinemas.

The Invite leads Black Bear’s slate, with £15,400 on a lengthy 12-week stretch in cinemas. Olivia Wilde’s third directorial feature is up to a strong £4.4m.

Bakrania Media’s Indian crime drama Daayra opened to £15,200, from 58 sites at a £262 average.

Romantic comedy One Night Only starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro added £12,000 on its fourth weekend in cinemas and has £1.3m in total.

Pedro Almodovar’s Bitter Christmas put on £11,800 on its fourth weekend for Curzon, and has reached £409,000 total.

Girls trip comedy Spa Weekend is at £1.7m for Black Bear after a £7,040 fourth weekend.

The Death Of Robin Hood added £6,600 on its third weekend in cinemas for True Brit Entertainment, and has £586,000 in total.

Neon’s Leviticus, booked into cinemas by Picturehouse Entertainment, is up to £355,000 from three weekends after a £5,750 latest session.

Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars is close to ending its cinema run after just four weekends, after an 86% drop and £5,230 latest session took it to £2.1m total.

Horror phenomenon Obsession has crossed the £20m mark in a stunning lifetime result for Universal. Curry Barker’s film added £3,650 on its 19^th weekend in cinemas, and is now behind only It  (£32.3m) and The Sixth Sense (£25.8m) among films with that primary genre.

Mark Sloper’s UK music documentary 50 Years Of Punk took £1,530 from one site this weekend, including a preview screening, for Screenbound Pictures. It expands to 13 Odeon venues from this week, with further bookings in place for October and November.

One Bertha DocHouse show per day of UK-produced archival documentary The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon And The Death Of The American Dream took £958 across the weekend for producers E2 Films.

Exhibition On Screen: James McNeill Whistler 2026, the latest art exhibition film from Seventh Art Productions, is up to £96,800 having been on release since Tuesday, September 15.

Screenings of Raiders Of The Lost Ark for the film’s 45^th anniversary are up to £343,000 for Paramount, having finished on Thursday, September 17.

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