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UK Box Office Weekend Report 20th - 22nd May 2022: Doctor Strange 2 makes it 3 weeks at the top while Downton Abbey sequel is the top new movie at 2

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (3rd weekend)
  • Highest debut - Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (@8)
  • Longest run - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and The Bad Guys (8 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (£35 Million)
Three weeks at the top for Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness ahead of a big weekend of new releases coming up this Friday which will see Top Gun: Maverick and The Bob's Burgers Movie hit cinemas.

With the impending explosion at the box office holdovers filled a majority of this weeks top 15 with the highest debut coming in at 8 as Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 takes £123,160.

Coming in at 9 is the encoure versions of the one day event movie Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience which took £114,873 and just below at 11 is Benediction which took £100,635, and finally in the top 15 is the event movie Lucia Di Lammermoor: Met Opera 2022 which took £78,828.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

The MCU hit movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a third weekend with a weekend gross of £3 Million taking its total to £35 Million after 3 weeks.

This weekend gross is a 48% drop over last weekend and although the movie has not grossed anywhere near that of the previous MCU movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home it has already far outgrossed the £23 Million of the first Doctor Strange from 2016.

The movie is the second top grossing movie of 2022 and should move into first place by next weekend replacing The Batman.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

After the excellent word of mouth and reviews of the Michelle Yeoh starring movie it jumps up the box office with a weekend gross of £839,974 taking its total UK gross of £1.9 Million after 2 weeks.

The weekend gross is an amazing 19% increase over its debut weekend and although next weeks releases will effect the movies takings this has long box office run written all over it.

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Falling to number 3 this weekend is the sequel movie based on the stately home in England with took £757,303 over the weekend, a 22% drop.

The movie has now taken £12 Million in the UK after 4 weeks and although it running behind that of Downton Abbey from 2019 this is still not a bad post COVID total and should seal the movie a third outing.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The little blue hedgehog this week spends its 8th weekend on the box office with a weekend take of £423,552, a small 19% drop over last weekend, especially good considering the age of the movie.

The movie has taken £24 Million in total and is the 5th top movie of 2022, and it has now beaten Uncharted to become the top grossing video game adaptation in the UK, an honor Uncharted recently took from the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie.

The Lost City

The Lost City

The Sandra Bullock action comedy spends a 6th weekend on the box office, and goes back up the chart into the top 5 with £357,144, a 3% increase.

The movie has now taken an excellent £9.8 Million in the UK and will pass the £10 Million milestone by next weekend.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness - £2,968,358
  2. Everything Everywhere All At Once - £839,974
  3. Downton Abbey: A New Era - £757,303
  4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - £423,552
  5. The Lost City - £357,144
  6. The Bad Guys - £318,723
  7. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - £237,161
  8. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 - £123,160
  9. Firestarter - £117,536
  10. Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience - £114,873
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