| Rank | Film (origin) | Distributor | July 11-13 | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Superman (US) | Warner Bros | £7m | £7m | 1 |
| 2 | Jurassic World Rebirth (US) | Universal | £3.2m | £19.4m | 2 |
| 3 | F1: The Movie (US) | Warner Bros | £1.2m | £15.9m | 3 |
| 4 | How To Train Your Dragon (US) | Universal | £581,616 | £19.3m | 5 |
| 5 | 28 Years Later (US-UK) | Sony | £497,439 | £13.7m | 4 |
GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.35
Warner Bros’ Superman topped the UK-Ireland box office with a sluggish £7m opening weekend as a heatwave across the territory may have restricted takings for both new titles and holdovers.
The opening gross fell far short of 2013’s Man Of Steel (£11.2m) and 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (£14.6m).
Superman grossed between £2m-£2.7m on each day from Friday to Sunday. Its £7m total came from 685 sites, at an average of £10,180-per cinema.
It is the first film in the new DC Universe of film and series releases from Warner Bros, after the conclusion of the 16-film DC Extended Universe that opened with Man Of Steel. The 2013 film finally grossed £30m. Dawn Of Justice went on to garner £36.6m in 2016 and remains the highest-grossing title in the DC Extended Universe.
Temperatures of up to 33 degrees celsius in the UK and Ireland this weekend seem to have reduced cinemagoing, with many of the strong slate of summer blockbuster holdovers dropping by more than 60% on the previous weekend.
Last weekend’s number one Jurassic World Rebirth added £3.2m for Universal – a 65% drop that brought it to £19.4m from two weekends.
For comparison, 2015’s Jurassic World dropped just 32% with a £11.1m second weekend for a huge £38.5m total at that stage; while Jurassic World: Dominion, the most recent title in the franchise, dropped 53% on its second session with £5.7m taking it to £21.8m.
Warner Bros’ F1: The Movie added £1.2m on its third weekend – a 62% drop that brought it to £15.9m total.
Universal’s live-action How To Train Your Dragon remake added £581,616 on its fifth weekend in cinemas - a 61% drop - and has a £19.3m total. It should catch the £20.1m of 2019’s How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in the next fortnight; but the £27.6m of 2014’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 will likely be beyond it.
Sony horror 28 Years Later held a top five spot for a fourth weekend. Danny Boyle’s film added £497,439 – a 65% drop that brought it to a strong £13.7m. It has now overtaken Nosferatu (£12.9m) to become the highest-grossing horror release of 2025; and should overtake fellow zombie film World War Z (£14.6m) from 2013 before the end of its run.
Takings for the top five dropped 22% compared to last weekend to £12.5m – another sign of the hot weather taking effect, as the strong summer slate should have held steady. The figures were also down 9% on the equivalent weekend from last year, when Despicable Me 4 o pened. With cooler weather predicted for the coming days plus Paramount’s Smurfs opening next Friday, exhibitors will hope to see takings going in the right direction again soon.
Ballad nears £2m
Original animation Elio leads Disney’s slate, adding £240l011 on its fourth weekend – a 65% drop that brought it to £3.5m to date.
Disney live-action title Lilo & Stitch dropped 67% on its eighth weekend in cinemas, with £159,220 taking it to £36.1m total.
Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is still in the top 10 after eight weekends in cinemas. The Tom Cruise-starring action film added £48,000 this weekend, and is just shy of £26m – slightly behind the £26.6m of 2023’s Dead Reckoning Part One.
James Griffiths’ The Ballad of Wallis Island added £43,996 on its seventh weekend in cinemas. It is up to £1.8m for Universal, and another few weeks in cinemas should see it cross the £2m mark.
Controversy around the story that inspired the film does not appear to have unduly affected The Salt Path, which added £35,000 on its seventh weekend – a 61% drop in line with market averages. It is now up to a decent £7.9m for Black Bear.
Doll horror M3GAN 2.0 added £24,553 on its third weekend for Universal – an 85% drop that brought it to £1.1m total, well down on the £7.3m of the 2023 first film.
Romantic drama Metro In Dino added £19,432 on its second weekend for AA Films UK, and has £108,733 in total.
Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk added £16,507 on its second weekend for Mubi – a 70% drop that brough it to £162,787 total.
Bakrania Media opened Indian title Maalik starring Rajkummar Rao to £16,251 from 47 sites at a £346 location average.
Family animation compilation Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience added £15,959 on its seventh weekend in cinemas for Trafalgar Releasing, and is up to a decent £2.2m.
AA Films UK’s Sitaare Zameen Par put on £13,286 on its fourth weekend in cinemas, and has a strong £554,036 total.
Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends is closing out on its sixth weekend, adding £8,236 to reach £5.5m – less than half of the £12.4m of 2010’s Karate Kid.
Johnny Depp’s second feature as director, Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, opened to £4,888 for Miracle Comms/IN.2, from 12 sites at an average of £407.
Jonas Trueba’s comedy The Other Way Around started with £3,752 from 19 sites at a £197 average for AX1 Entertainment, and has £3,988 including previews.
Curzon’s re-release of Fabian Bielinsky’s Nine Queens took £3,629 from limited screenings, and has £4,036 including previews.
Alex Ross Perry’s music documentary Pavements opened to £3,458 for Mubi, and has £12,073 including previews.
Artist documentary Hidden Master: The Legacy Of George Platt Lynes started with £3,228 for Peccadillo Pictures, and has £3,712 including one preview.
Signature Entertainment’s sci-fi Watch The Skies opened to £1,733, and has £1,922 including previews.
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