“Joker” is king and “IT: Chapter Two” has started it’s decent out of the box office. Considering ‘IT’ has already made over $200 million gross according to the international box office its more an inevitability than anything. Saying that, Joker’s made £137 million according to the same report so Joker might be on the way to topping it.
Then there’s the usual box office differences like the latest Will Smith vehicle “Gemini Man” coming in at third in the UK report but not anywhere in the international one as it came out the day after. Although ‘Rambo’ made it on to eighth on the international chart but didn’t even crack the top 15 in the UK so that’s quite the difference.
Here’s the lists, starting with the UK Weekend Box Office,
UK Weekend Box Office (Supplied by BFI, 11 October – 13 October 2019);
| Rank | Film | Country | Weekend Gross (£) | Distributor |
| 1 | Joker | USA/Can | £9,766,609 | Warner Bros |
| 2 | Abominable | USA/Chn | £2,141,256 | Universal |
| 3 | Gemini Man | USA | £1,718,511 | Paramount |
| 4 | Judy | UK | £1,130,442 | 20th Century Fox |
| 5 | Downton Abbey | UK/USA | £949,205 | Universal |
| 6 | Hustlers | USA | £359,344 | STX Entertainment |
| 7 | Turandot – Met Opera 2019 (Opera) | USA | £241,053 | Trafalgar |
| 8 | The Day Shall Come | UK/USA | £169,898 | eOne Films |
| 9 | The Lion King | UK/USA | £160,684 | Disney |
| 10 | Ad Astra | USA/Bra/Chn | £153,888 | 20th Century Fox |
| 11 | Toy Story 4 | USA | £134,765 | Disney |
| 12 | Dora & The Lost City Of Gold | UK/USA/Aus | £129,043 | Paramount |
| 13 | It: Chapter Two | USA/Can | £117,519 | Warner Bros |
| 14 | War | Ind | £104,223 | Yash Raj Films |
| 15 | Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M² (Concert) | USA | £97,815 | Trafalgar |
And here’s the International Top 15 Box Office,
International Box Office (Supplied by BoxOfficeMojo, 4 October – 10 October 2019);
| Rank | Title | Studio | Weekly Gross | Last Week |
| 1 | Joker (2019) | Warner Bros | $137,728,787 | N |
| 2 | Abominable | Universal | $15,968,235 | 1 |
| 3 | Downton Abbey | Focus Features | $12,160,655 | 2 |
| 4 | Hustlers | STX Entertainment | $9,143,459 | 3 |
| 5 | Judy | Roadside Attractions | $7,260,408 | 7 |
| 6 | It: Chapter Two | Warner Bros. (New Line) | $7,060,267 | 5 |
| 7 | Ad Astra | 20th Century Fox | $5,982,664 | 4 |
| 8 | Rambo: Last Blood | Lionsgate | $5,086,691 | 6 |
| 9 | War (2019) | Yash Raj Films | $2,266,644 | 22 |
| 10 | Good Boys | Universal | $1,272,190 | 8 |
| 11 | My People, My Country | CMC | $1,158,301 | 20 |
| 12 | The Lion King (2019) | Disney Buena Vista | $1,006,644 | 9 |
| 13 | Angel has Fallen | Lionsgate | $826,760 | 10 |
| 14 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Universal | $790,010 | 12 |
| 15 | Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 | Trafalgar | $762,427 | – |
Lastly, here’s the list of this weeks releases in the UK;
17 October
Event Cinema: “Midsummer Night’s Dream – NT Live 2019”, UK – National Theatre
18 October
“Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”, UK – StudioCanal
“Ardab Mutiyaran”, Ind – B4U Movies
“Corpus Christi”, Pol – Vertigo
“Darkness Visible”, UK/USA/Ind – Blue Neil LTD
“Home”, UK – Jonny Tull
“Ladyworld”, USA – Bulldog Film Distribution
“Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil”, UK/USA – Disney
“Mystify: Michael Hutchence”, Aus/UK – Dogwoof
“Non-Fiction”, Fra – Curzon
“Official Secrets”, UK/USA – eOne Films
“Singin’ In The Rain (Re: 2019)”, USA – BFI
“The Peanut Butter Falcon”, USA – Signature Entertainment
“The Shining (Re: 2019)” UK/USA – Warner Bros
“What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?”, Ita/USA/Fra – ICA Cinema
“Zombieland: Double Tap”, USA – Sony Pictures
“Dark Lies The Island”, Ire – Break Out Pictures
“Karakomik Filmler”, Tur – AF-Media
“Land Without God”, Ire – FARCRY Productions
22 October
Event Cinema: “Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet 2019 (Ballet)”, UK – More2Screen
23 October
Event Cinema: “Lost Lives”, UK – Jade/Eclipse Pictures
“Terminator: Dark Fate” USA/Chn – Disney
24 October
“Don Pasquale – ROH, London 2019/20 (Opera)”, UK – Royal Opera House
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