‘Toy Story 5’ scores huge £9.2m second UK-Ireland box office weekend as ‘Supergirl’ falters, ‘Obsession’ roars on

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Disney’s Toy Story 5 scored a huge £9.2m second weekend at the UK-Ireland box office, as Warner Bros’ Supergirl replicated its flat worldwide performance with £2.1m.

Toy Story 5 fell just 36% with £9.2m, far better than its 55% North America drop and in line with its drop in international markets. It is up to £29m already in the UK and Ireland, with its second weekend figure and total to date the best for the five-film series.

Woody, Buzz and co have passed the likes of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical (£28.6m) and The Grinch  (£28.2m) already, and will be looking to hit the £50m mark within a few weeks.

Disney’s 2019 The Lion King  (£76m) remains the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the territory, with Toy Story 3  (£74.1m) close behind. Such figures are a big ask for number 5, although the £66.2m of 2019’s Toy Story 4 is slightly closer.

Supergirl made a slow start with its £2.1m coming from 639 sites at a £3,361 location average. This is down on the £7m start at a £9,990 average of last year’s Superman, the first film in the rebooted DC Universe; as well as being down on the openings of superhero films led by women, such as the £5m at an £8,280 average of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman from 2017.

Supergirl made £2.7m total including its previews on Thursday 25.

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day dropped 49% on its third weekend in cinemas for Universal, with £880,506 bringing it beyond the £10m mark, to £10.8m total. It has already passed the £7.8m of Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story, although the £16.1m of 2018’s Ready Player One looks a big ask from this position.

Jackass: Best And Last opened to £780,000 for Paramount from 545 sites at a £1,431 average. It is the second-lowest opening of the five main Jackass films so far, above only 2006’s Jackass: Number Two with £735,274. The highest-grossing title in the series is 2013 spin-off Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa with £6.5m, while of the core Jackass titles, most recent entry Jackass Forever from 2022 is top with £6.3m. Best And Last will need a lengthy tail to catch either.

Curry Barker’s horror sensation Obsession held on to a top five spot for an extraordinary seventh consecutive weekend. The film added £584,317, with a drop of 37% less than most of the market. It is up to a huge £16.5m, overtaking both last year’s horror hit Sinners  (£16.2m) and genre comparison Black Swan (a lower £16.5m) and with horror staples such as The Silence Of The Lambs (£17.1m) and Se7en (£19.5m) not too far ahead.

Takings for the top five titles came in at £13.6m, down 25% on last weekend, but up 28% on the equivalent weekend from last year. Toy Story 5 will face major animated competition next weekend from Universal’s Minions & Monsters, while Black Bear has relationship comedy The Invite directed by Olivia Wilde.

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Scary Movie added £224,000 on its fourth weekend for Paramount – a 60% drop that brought it to £8.9m total. It should overtake 2004’s Scary Movie 3 (£9.1m) within the next week to become the second-highest-grossing in the six-film franchise.

Anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity started with a strong £210,872 for Anime Ltd.

A24’s Backrooms added £195,897 on its fifth weekend in cinemas, falling 57% on its previous session and hitting a strong £12.3m in total. It has passed the £12.2m of both 2018’s A Quiet Place and 2020’s Parasite.

On the weekend when it became the highest-grossing biopic of all time worldwide, Michael put on a further £137,967 for Universal on its 10^th session in UK-Ireland. This 57% drop brought it to £52.8m total; it will likely finish slightly behind the £55.4m of 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody, the highest-grossing music biopic in the territory.

Ahmed Khan’s Indian action title Welcome To The Jungle started with £125,561 for Bakrania Media, from 134 sites at a £973 average.

Masters Of The Universe put on £115,610 on its fourth session, with a 71% drop. The Amazon MGM Studios title, released by Sony, is up to £5.2m total.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu dropped 51% on its sixth weekend for Disney, with £107,928 taking it to £15.6m total.

Bollywood family comedy Carry On Jatta 4 started with £101,988 for Bakrania Media, from 82 sites at a strong £1,275 average.

Family drama Dear You, a hit at the Chinese box office, opened to £56,922 for Trinity Film, at a strong £933 average from 61 sites. It made £66,399 including previews.

On its second weekend in cinemas, Bakrania Media’s Indian romantic comedy Cocktail 2 added £54,402, a 71% drop that brought it to £341,527 total.

Rebecca Zlotowski’s A Private Life starring Jodie Foster started with £54,365 for Altitude, from 86 sites at a £632 average, and with £126,178 including previews.

The Ghost In The Shell, a two-episode anime screening released by Anime Ltd, brought in £43,181, from 199 sites at a £217 average.

Now through a ninth weekend in cinemas for Disney, The Devil Wears Prada 2 added £37,675 on its latest session, and is up to £34.2m, overtaking the £34m of 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald.

Morgan Matthews’ UK-Irish comedy 500 Miles starring Bill Nighy, Maisie Williams and Roman Griffin Davis started with £35,114 for True Brit Entertainment, from 116 UK sites at a £303 average. Including previews and its Irish release since May 15, the film is up to £107,825, with further bookings secured across the summer.

Kenji Tanigaki’s Hong Kong action thriller The Furious started with £34,047 for Lionsgate, from 29 sites a strong £1,174 average, primarily from one show per day. It is up to £42,169 including previews.

Anders Thomas Jensen’s crime comedy The Last Viking starring Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas opened to £30,497 for Picturehouse Entertainment, from 51 sites at a £598 average. The Venice 2025 premiere has £50,000 including previews.

Amazon MGM Studios ovine comedy The Sheep Detectives is up to £9.8m total, after an eighth weekend of £26,331. It should cross £10m before the end of its run, marking a good result for the studio and Sony, which handles distribution.

Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron  opened to £21,103 for Conic, from 26 sites at an £812 average.

Marc Evans’ Effi o Blaenau is now the highest-grossing Welsh language film of all time in the UK and Ireland, with £80,272, overtaking the £70,228 of 2022’s The Feast. Effi o Blaenau added £19,555 on its second session for MetFilm Distribution.

Tina Gharavi’s UK independent title Virginia Woolf’s Night And Day added £18,366 on its second weekend for Vue Lumiere, a 67% drop that brought it to £165,259 total.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie added £10,578 on its 13^th weekend in cinemas for Universal, and is up to £38.4m total.

• Supergirl starts with soft $68m at global box office, Toy Story 5 nears $600m