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‘Bridget Jones 4’ reaches £27m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Monkey’ climbs into top five

Rank    Movie (origin)  Distributor Feb 21-23 gross    Whole    Week
1 Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy  (UK-Fr-US) Common  £6.9m £27.3m 2
Captain America: Courageous New World   (US) Disney  £2.9m £13.2m 2
Canine Man  (US) Common  £2m £11m 3
4 The Monkey  (US) Black Bear £1m £1.1m 1
Mufasa: The Lion King    (US)                                       Disney £585,083 £32.3m 10

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Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy has topped £27m after simply two weekends on the UK-Eire field workplace; as Black Bear’s The Monkey climbed into the highest 5 on its first outing.

Common’s Mad About The Boy added £6.9m on its second session – a comparatively slim drop of simply 33%, that introduced it to a £27.3m whole.

The movie is the highest-grossing launch of 2025 by an extended distance, forward of Captain America: Courageous New World, Nosferatu and A Full Unknown  (figures under).

Mad About The Boy has already entered the highest 200 highest-grossing movies of all time within the UK and Eire; it is going to look to push past the £50m mark throughout its full run.

Disney’s Courageous New World added £2.9m on its second session, a drop of 54% consistent with the degrees for Marvel Cinematic Universe titles. The movie is now at £13.2m, overtaking the £10.4m of 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, and can hope to surpass £20m within the subsequent few weeks.

Common’s Canine Man was considered one of a number of titles to profit from a half-term vacation increase. The children animation title elevated its takings by 9 % on the earlier weekend, including simply over £2m to land simply in need of £11m whole.

Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey/em> was this weekend’s highest-grossing opener, taking simply over £1m from 541 websites at a £1,847 common. Together with previews, the movie has £1.1m – barely down on the £1.4m opening of Perkins’ Longlegs from July final 12 months, however nonetheless a powerful outcome for an unbiased horror title.

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Former primary Mufasa: The Lion King rounded out the highest 5, with a powerful 28% uplift on its 10th session. The CGI animation added £585,083 to hit £32.3m, overtaking 2005’s Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Have been-Rabbit (£32m) and shutting in on 2022’s Sing 2 (£33m).

Takings for the highest 5 dropped 31.2% to £13.4m; however are nonetheless effectively above the typical for 2025, and are up over 101% on the equal weekend from final 12 months.

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Outdoors the highest 5, Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 added an additional £364,000 on its ninth session – a 53.6% improve that took it to £25.9m whole.

Occasion cinema title The Significance Of Being Earnest made £340,425 for Nationwide Theatre Reside, at a £441 common from 772 websites. The filmed play made a powerful £706,691 begin on Thursday 20, and has over £1m already.

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Altitude scored a powerful £253,598 three-day opening for Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated I’m Nonetheless Right here. The movie has £486,391 together with previews, for the biggest-ever full opening for a Latin American movie within the UK and Eire – surpassing Salles’s personal The Bike Diaries (£333,368 in 2004). It’s the greatest opening for a movie not within the English language up to now in 2025; and already Altitude’s highest-grossing non-English language title ever, forward of Loveless (£318,992).

A Full Unknown added £225,751 on its sixth weekend in cinemas, to hit  £11.5m for Disney. Timothee Chalamet’s SAG awards greatest actor win final evening, and attainable Oscar victory subsequent weekend, ought to see the movie add one other few weeks to its run.

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Indian historic drama Chhaava held effectively on its second weekend for Yash Raj Movies, dropping simply 10.9% with £205,428. The movie, starring Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal, is as much as £604,013.

Moana 2 surged 53% on its 13th weekend in cinemas for Disney, including £198,007 to hit £42.2m, simply behind household comparability Paddington 2 from 2017 (£42.6m).

Black Bear’s Conclave noticed an enormous 278% improve on its field workplace takings, having picked up the Bafta for greatest movie the earlier weekend. The papal drama added £157,337 to hit £8.4m, extending its place because the distributor’s highest-grossing movie within the territory.

Paramount horror comedy Coronary heart Eyes added £146,000 on its second session, and has a £1.1m cume.

The Brutalist added £139,629 on its fifth weekend for Common, taking Brady Corbet’s 20th -century epic to a £3.3m whole.

Now in cinemas for an enormous 16 weekends, Studiocanal’s Paddington In Peru elevated its takings by 67.2% on final trip, including £132,932 to hit £36.6m. It would probably end marginally behind the £38m of 2014’s Paddington.

A 3rd weekend for Tim Fehlbaum’s information drama September 5  added £63,000, for a £1.3m whole for Paramount.

Disney’s Searchlight Footage movie A Actual Ache held regular on its seventh weekend in cinemas, dropping simply 2% with £58,076 taking it to an honest £3.3m whole.

Warner Bros’ thriller Companion added £44,910 on its fourth weekend, and has simply shy of £2m whole.

On its 14th weekend in cinemas, Depraved elevated its takings by 22%, including £42,032 to hit £60.9m for Common. It’s the 27th -highest-grossing movie of all time within the UK and Eire, and will catch Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (£61.1m) earlier than it closes out.

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Anora was the shock half-term beneficiary, rising its takings by 513% on its earlier weekend. Buoyed additionally by its current awards success, Sean Baker’s comedy-drama topped up £38,519 and is as much as £2.2m for Common.

Household animation The Sloth Lane held effectively for Vertigo Releasing, including £36,126 on its second session to hit £177,914.

Macbeth: David Tennant And Cush Jumbo added £34,079 on its third session, and has £2.1m cume for Trafalgar Releasing.

Rockumentary Turning into Led Zeppelin added £32,584 on its third weekend in cinemas for Sony, to achieve £837,662.

Aviation drama Flight Danger leads Lionsgate’s slate, topping up by £29,597 on its fifth weekend for a £2.4m whole.

Documentary I Am Martin Parr began with £24,856 for Dogwoof, and has £33,296 together with previews.

Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated The Seed Of The Sacred Fig placed on £18,818 on its second weekend for Lionsgate, and has £217,819 whole.

Claymation title Memoir Of A Snail topped up by £15,462 on its second weekend for Trendy Movies, and is as much as £117,394.

Mike Leigh’s Onerous Truths added £15,060 on its fourth weekend to hit £810,409 for Studiocanal.

Studiocanal additionally had romance We Reside In Time in cinemas, placing on £13,597 on its eighth weekend for an £8.7m whole.

BFI Distribution’s 50th -anniversary re-release of Peter Weir’s Picnic At Hanging Rock took £11,828 on the weekend, from 15 websites at an honest £789 common. Together with previews, the discharge has £20,020.

Nosferatu is closing its doorways after eight weekends for Common, including £10,067 on its newest session to achieve a powerful £12.9m whole.

A re-release of 2011 Bollywood title Rockstar made £4,495 for Moviegoers Leisure.

Ariane Labed’s BBC Movie-backed drama September Says began with £3,095 from 9 websites for Mubi, at a £344 cinema common. Together with previews, the movie has £11,500.

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