Paramount’s “Street Fighter” delivered a knockout blow to top the U.K. and Ireland box office, debuting in first place with £2.3 million ($3.1 million).
Universal’s animated feature “Forgotten Island” bowed in second position, taking $1.8 million in its opening session. TGS Cinemas Limited secured third place with the debut of Indian superstar Rajinikanth‘s blockbuster “Jailer 2,” collecting $1.6 million.
Sony’s psychological thriller “Verity” moved to fourth spot in its third frame, adding $1.5 million. The Colleen Hoover adaptation elevated its gross to $12.8 million. Universal’s supernatural horror “Other Mommy” followed in fifth place in its sophomore weekend, generating $1.3 million to push its cume to $5.1 million.
Trafalgar Releasing’s stage capture of “Hadestown: The Musical” debuted in sixth position with a weekend haul of $844,115, lifting its total box office to $2 million including earlier screenings. Disney’s’ survival thriller “Whalefall,” starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, opened in seventh place, taking $691,000.
Paramount’s action thriller “Heart of the Beast,” starring Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons, held eighth position in its fourth week, collecting $689,788 for a total of $8.6 million. Sony’s franchise reboot “Resident Evil” took ninth place in its fifth session, adding $653,396 to lift its cumulative total to $18.5 million. Universal’s “Sense and Sensibility” rounded out the top 10 in its fourth frame with $421,386, pushing its running cume to $7.9 million.
Looking ahead to the upcoming theatrical frame, mid-week debuts kick off on Wednesday with Zee Studios International rolling out Indian comedy sequel “Godday Godday Chaa 2,” Tull Stories releasing Scottish Ballet feature “These Violent Delights” directed by Christopher Hampson and Oscar Sansom, and Trafalgar Releasing presenting the stage production of Noel Coward’s “Fallen Angels”.
Wide commercial and saturation rollouts arriving on Friday 23 across 300+ locations are led by Warner Bros.’ DC horror thriller “Clayface”; Travis Knight’s stop-motion animated fantasy “Wildwood” via Black Bear, featuring the voices of Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, and Angela Bassett; and Lionsgate U.K.’s comedy “Ghosts: The Possession of Button House.”
Releases also include Amazon MGM Studios’ comedy feature “Ali G: Who Iz I?”, Paramount’s animated family adventure “Tad and the Magic Lamp”, and 3000 Pictures’ sci-fi drama “Klara and the Sun”.
Specialized, festival, and international rollouts opening Friday include Moviegoers Entertainment’s Bollywood film “Udta Teer”; Mubi’s’s triple bill of “Junk,” Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama “Fatherland,” starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler across 25+ locations, and Eleanor Coppola’s documentary “Making Marie Antoinette,” featuring Sofia Coppola and Kirsten Dunst across 25+ screens; Netflix’s “Possible Love,” directed by Lee Chang-dong and starring Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, and Zo In-sung across 25+ sites; Glimmerama’s documentary “All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea,” directed by Jeanie Finlay; Exposure’s “Children of the Wicker Man”; Kazoo Films’ animated title “Monster Mia”; and “Bad Day At.”
Repertory screenings are anchored by Park Circus launching the 30th anniversary 4K restoration of Wes Craven’s “Scream,” starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette, across 100+ screens.
The weekend wraps with extensive event cinema and concert programming, beginning on Friday with “Blood Saga.” Saturday features Disney’s “Disney Junior Cinema Club 2026” alongside Trafalgar Releasing’s event broadcasts of “HYBE Cheering Party”, Seventeen’s world tour “NEW_”, and Tomorrow X Together’s world tour “Act : Tomorrow”. The frame concludes on Sunday with Trafalgar Releasing’s one-night-only live viewing of “BTS World Tour ‘Arirang’ in Buenos Aires,” directed by Jungjae Ha, across 300+ locations.