The way film weeks are counted is weird…
Not only does weekend box office numbers include Fridays, so the weekend is three days long, but depending on who you talk to the weekly numbers either start on the Monday as normal (as BoxOfficeMojo counts the international box office) or the Friday as it’s the start of the box office weekend (as the BFI [British Film Institute] count from box office weekend to weekend). This just means that this week the article is a little later then planned.
It also means that the days between the international and UK box office charts don’t wholly line up, the UK chart is just the weekend, but it’s a way to compare the markets and that’s the interesting thing. There’s all the list of films coming out in the UK the film week.
With that said, lets dive in starting with the UK Weekend Box Office,
UK Weekend Box Office (Supplied by BFI, 2 – 4 August 2019);
Rank | Film | Country | Weekend Gross (£) | Distributor
1 Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, UK/USA, 6377583, Universal
2 The Lion King, UK/USA, 5158311, Disney
3 Toy Story 4, USA, 1357910, Disney
4 Spider-Man: Far From Home, UK/USA, 862507, Sony Pictures
5 Angry Birds 2, USA, 701223, Sony Pictures
6 Yesterday, UK, 366503, Universal
7 Casino Royale (Secret Cinema 2019), UK/USA/Cze, 350178, Independent
8 Annabelle Comes Home, USA, 281471, Warner Bros
9 Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans, UK, 233179, Altitude
10 The Magic Flute – Glyndebourne 2019 (Opera), UK, 132765, Trafalgar
11 The Current War, USA, 120600, Entertainment
12 Animals, UK/Aus/Ire, 106637, Picture House Entertainment
13 Aladdin, UK/USA, 94064, Disney
14 Chal Mera Putt, Ind, 74202, Fountain
15 Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love, USA, 71003, Dogwoof
From there lets move to the international and US box office charts for all of last week.
International Box Office (Supplied by BoxOfficeMojo, 26 July – 4 August 2019);
Rank | Title | Studio | Weekly Gross | Last Week
1 The Lion King (2019,) Buena Vista (Disney), $117,391,544, 1
2 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sony, $58,817,475, New
3 Spider-Man: Far from Home, Sony, $20,318,655, 2
4 Toy Story 4, Buena Vista (Disney), $17,144,237, 3
5 Crawl Paramount, $6,477,980, 4
6 Aladdin (2019), Buena Vista (Disney,) $5,211,006, 6
7 Yesterday, Universal, $5,121,105, 5
8 Stuber, Fox, $2,824,544, 7
9 Annabelle Comes Home, Warner Bros., $2,523,149, 8
10 The Farewell, A24, $2,275,520, 12
11 The Secret Life of Pets 2, Universal, $1,872,770, 9
12 Avengers: Endgame, Buena Vista (Disney), $1,472,586, 11
13 Midsommar, A24, $1,261,296, 10
14 Kiki’s Delivery Service: 30th Anniversary, Fathom, $1,004,057, New
15 Rocketman, Paramount, $777,632, 14
And here are the films that are coming out this film week in the UK. It’s an attempt to be as complete as possible so the limited and art house releases are with the wide releases.
(Films listed using BFI and Film Distributors’ Association data.)
9 August
Playmobil, Fra/Ger, StudioCanal
The Sun Is Also A Star, USA, Warner Bros
Blinded By The Light, UK/USA, eOne Films
The Art Of Racing In The Rain, USA, 20th Century Fox
Jabariya Jodi, Ind, Zee Studios
Nerkonda Paarvai, Ind, Zee Studios
Notorious (4K Restoration,) USA, BFI
Opus Zero, Mex, New Wave
Parey Hut Love Pak, B4U, Movies
Stones Have Laws, ICA Films
Gaza, UK, Wildcard
Kings, Fra/Bel/USA, StudioCanal
Manmadhudu 2, Ind, Ksquare Entertainments
Singham, Ind, Rising Star Entertainment
Superstar, Pak Hum Network TV
13 August
Apocalypse Now – The Final Cut (2019), USA, StudioCanal
15 August
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, USA, Sony Pictures